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Brad Little announced that the state would help but was “evaluating our resources” to determine what it could provide. Pete Ricketts announced his state was “stepping up” and deploying state patrol troopers to the border, while Idaho Gov. Kim Reynolds authorized national guard troops head to the border earlier this month because, she said, the state “has no choice but to act.” And earlier this month, Nebraska Gov.

Asa Hutchinson also on Tuesday authorized a 90-day deployment for up to 40 national guard troops in order to “reduce the adverse impact of illegal immigration on Arkansas.” Last week, Iowa Gov. Ron DeSantis announced last week that he would deploy state and local law enforcement officers to Texas and Arizona “in response to the border crisis.” DeSantis, who is seen as a possible 2024 contender, took a shot at Biden while doing it: “Where the federal government has failed, the states are stepping up into doing our best to fill the void.”Īrkansas Gov. The South Dakota governor joined a number of other Republican executives to send law enforcement officials to the border, including a potential fellow 2024 presidential contender.įlorida Gov. The Johnsons are longtime Republican donors who founded Copart, an online used car dealer.įury said the donation was made directly to the state and that Noem “welcomes any such donations to help alleviate the cost to South Dakota taxpayers.” Noem funded the operation, according to her spokesman Ian Fury, through a private donation made by Willis and Reba Johnson’s Foundation. “The Biden Administration has failed,” she said, adding that the “border is a national security crisis that requires the kind of sustained response only the National Guard can provide.” Noem took a whack at the Biden administration as part of the rollout. South Dakota’s Kristi Noem is one of the latest state executives to deploy state law enforcement to the border, announcing on Tuesday that she had sent the South Dakota National Guard to Texas to “help the secure the border between the United States and Mexico.”

The Republican governors – many of whom have long been closely aligned with Trump – also are signaling their allegiance to the former President, who made illegal immigration and the construction of a wall along the US-Mexico border a cornerstone of his four years in the White House. Trump, as part of this political effort, will visit South Texas and the border with Abbott on Wednesday, continuing his persistent attacks against his successor. Their actions come amid a concerted effort by Republicans to pin a surge in illegal immigration on the Biden administration – namely Vice President Kamala Harris, who has been asked to lead the White House’s effort to curb migration from Central America. The deployments, which have come from states ranging from South Dakota to Idaho to Florida, were in response to requests from two other Republican executives – Arizona’s Doug Ducey and Texas’ Greg Abbott – who asked the nation’s governors to send law enforcement to the U.S.-Mexico border in a letter sent earlier this month. Republican governors across the country are deploying state law enforcement officials to the US-Mexico border, giving each governor the opportunity to emphasize their fealty to former President Donald Trump while simultaneously lambasting President Joe Biden’s administration.