Governors Are Refusing To Send Troops To The Border In Protest Of Trump's Separation Of Families [View all]

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Source: Buzzfeed News



At least three governors say they refuse to deploy National Guard troops and other personnel to the border because of the "inhumane treatment of children."

Posted on June 18, 2018, at 5:49 p.m.

Brianna Sacks
BuzzFeed News Reporter

At least three state governors are rescinding their promise to deploy National Guard troops and other resources to the US-Mexico border to protest President Trump's policy of separating undocumented immigrant children from their parents and family members.

On Monday, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said they would refuse to send any troops, state assets, or personnel to the Southwest border as the chorus of criticism over the administration's treatment of undocumented families continued to intensify.

“Governor Baker directed the National Guard not to send any assets or personnel to the Southwest border today because the federal government’s current actions are resulting in the inhumane treatment of children,” Lizzy Guyton, the Republican governor's communications director said in a statement to BuzzFeed News.

Calling the ongoing separation of families at the border "unconscionable," Gov. Cuomo said his state "will not be party to this inhumane treatment of immigrant families."

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