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3. Is Tx Governor R-Rick Perry sending armed soldiers to the border to greet children?

Mon Jul 21, 2014, 08:56 PM

Jul 2014

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/rick-perry-texas-border-national-guard-109165.html

Texas Rep. Joaquín Castro on Monday said Gov. Rick Perry is “militarizing our border” with his decision to deploy state National Guard troops there.

“We should be sending the Red Cross to the border not the National Guard to deal with this humanitarian crisis,” the Democratic congressman said in an email. “The children fleeing violence in Central America are seeking out Border Patrol agents. They are not trying to evade them. Why send soldiers to confront these kids?”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/rick-perry-texas-border-national-guard-109165.html#ixzz389cic3Ow

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