{"id":1937991,"date":"2023-05-25T13:13:04","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T17:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-bill-lee-to-send-tennessee-national-guard-troops-to-combat-unprecedented-crisis-at-the-border\/"},"modified":"2023-05-25T13:16:48","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T17:16:48","slug":"gov-bill-lee-to-send-tennessee-national-guard-troops-to-combat-unprecedented-crisis-at-the-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-bill-lee-to-send-tennessee-national-guard-troops-to-combat-unprecedented-crisis-at-the-border\/","title":{"rendered":"TN Gov. Lee sending National Guard to address border crisis."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgov-bill-lee-to-send-tennessee-national-guard-troops-to-combat-unprecedented-crisis-at-the-border%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1937991&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Tennessee Governor Authorizes Deployment of National Guard Troops to Southern Border<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Governor <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/bill-lee\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bill Lee<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (R-TN)\u00a0 authorized Thursday the deployment of 100 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/tennessee\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tennessee<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> National Guard troops to help secure the southern border in the wake of record-level crossings and illegal entries into the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Governor Bill Lee has joined other Republican governors, like Mississippi Governor <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/mississippi-governor-mexico-border-national-guard-aff6a8741893ff40a1697eaaadf6e55f\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tate Reeves<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and Florida Governor<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/florida-sends-800-soldiers-300-law-enforcement-officers-to-help-secure-u-s-border-in-texas\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Ron DeSantis<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, in sending help to Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who has called on the Biden administration to take stronger measures to stop the flood of people crossing into the U.S. from Mexico.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAmerica continues to face an unprecedented border crisis that threatens our nation\u2019s security and the safety of Tennesseans,\u201d Lee said in a statement obtained by The Daily Wire. \u201cThe federal government owes Americans a plan to secure our country, and in the meantime, states continue to answer this important call to service. I am again authorizing the Tennessee National Guard to help secure the Southern border, and I commend these troops for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-russia-war-sees-300000-casualties-in-one-year-of-conflict\/\" title=\"Ukraine-Russia War Sees 300,000 Casualties in One Year of Conflict\">providing critical support<\/a>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to the governor\u2019s office, the Tennessee troops will help patrol along the border, help with barrier placement, clear roads, and assist with outpost operations as part of Abbott\u2019s \u201cOperation Lone Star.\u201d This is not the first time that Tennesseans have been sent to the border, as Lee also sent about 50 troops to the border in December 2021.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe men and women of the Tennessee National Guard are always ready to serve their country anywhere, anytime,\u201d said Brigadier General Warner Ross, Tennessee\u2019s Adjutant General. \u201cThese troops are a capable contingent that will continue our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/who-else-do-you-want-to-loot-sen-cruz-destroys-progressive-leader-over-elon-musk-attacks\/\" title=\"\u2018Who Else Do You Want To Loot?\u2019: Sen. Cruz Destroys Progressive Leader Over Elon Musk Attacks\">long-standing tradition<\/a> of responding to the call to aid our fellow Americans. The Tennessee National Guard is proud to serve and support our state partners in safeguarding the United States along the U.S. Southern border.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Illegal crossings at the border have remained high under President Joe Biden, whose administration <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-heads-to-beach-after-shattering-all-time-record-with-83000-illegal-aliens-storming-border-in-1-week\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">saw the record<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for most crossings in the days surrounding the expiration of Title 42, a Trump-era policy that allowed Border Patrol to turn away migrants based on COVID concerns. According to Border Patrol, roughly 83,000 people crossed the border the week that Title 42 ended.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Republican Governors Call for Action<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lee\u2019s actions follow a joint statement from 24 Republican governors who called out the Biden administration for its policies at the border and in support of Abbott.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAll states have suffered from the effects of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-bill-lee-to-send-tennessee-national-guard-troops-to-combat-unprecedented-crisis-at-the-border\/\" title=\"TN Gov. Lee sending National Guard to address border crisis.\">deadly illegal drugs coming<\/a> across the border, and every state is a border state due to the devastating influx of drugs in our communities. Republican governors are leading the way to address the border crisis by increasing fentanyl sentencing and increasing support for law enforcement interdiction of drugs, among other measures,\u201d the governors <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rga.org\/republican-governors-support-governor-abbotts-border-efforts\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Drug deaths have been a particular focus for lawmakers as dangerous drugs have continued to be smuggled across the border. In Tennessee, the state\u2019s bureau of investigation has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/severe-addiction-rise-feared-as-at-home-drinking-soars-in-lockdown-ireland\/\" title=\"Severe Addiction Rise Feared as At-Home Drinking Soars in Lockdown Ireland\">raised alarm bells<\/a> over drugs linked to Mexican cartels that<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fox17.com\/news\/local\/tbi-warns-about-active-drug-cartels-operating-in-tennessee-mexico-fentanyl-drug-cartel-dea\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> it says<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> are \u201cvery engaged in operations in Tennessee.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1684938422021000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2-zHdFAayHoZkU-_PcCeh4\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has authorized the deployment of 100 National Guard troops to secure the southern border due to the increasing number of illegal entries. He joins other Republican governors, including Tate Reeves of Mississippi and Ron DeSantis of Florida, in supporting Texas Governor Greg Abbott.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":1937992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[4795,3811,6170,8338,4570,6476,4107,5193],"class_list":["post-1937991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-address","tag-border","tag-crisis","tag-gov","tag-guard","tag-lee","tag-national","tag-sending"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1937991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1937991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1937991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1937992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1937991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1937991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1937991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}