State Guard Deployed to Assist U.S. Border Patrol
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About 50 Arizona National Guard troops were sent to the U.S.-Mexico border as part of President Bush’s plan to assist immigration agents, officials said. The guardsmen were briefed on U.S. Border Patrol operations in Yuma and were to begin working today as mechanics and radio dispatchers. A total of 300 Arizona guardsmen were expected to arrive by the end of the week, a spokesman said.
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