Gov. Sununu Announces Deployment Of New Hampshire National Guard Members To Southern US Border – WMUR Manchester

I’M TOLD THESE SOLDIERS WILL BE FOCUSED ON SURVEILLING. IT’S ACTING AS THE EYES AND EARS FOR CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL AGENTS WHO ARE HANDLING WHAT’S DESCRIBED AS A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS AT THE BORDER. GOVERNOR SUNUNU SAYS GUARDSMEN FROM MORE THAN A DOZEN STATES BEING DEPLOYED TO ASSIST WITH THE TRAFFICKING OF PEOPLE, WEAPONS AND DRUGS AT THE BORDER. AND BECAUSE THIS IS A FEDERAL REQUEST, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS PAYING FOR IT. THE GOVERNOR ALSO SAYING THESE ISSUES DIRECTLY IMPACT NEW HAMPSHIRE WITH ALL THAT THE STATE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING WITH DRUGS. THIS DEPLOYMENT, MORE THAN OTHERS DIRECTLY AFFECTS NEW HAMPSHIRE. YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE DRUGS AND THE MONEY AND THE WEAPONS THAT ARE COMING OVER THE BORDER. THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT THE ORDERS ARE FOR THESE FOLKS, MEN AND WOMEN, TO BE THERE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, TO PUSH BACK ON WHAT’S COMING ACROSS THAT BORDER. AND THE DEPLOYMENT IS EXPECTED TO LAST A YEAR. COMING UP TONIGHT, 730 HEAR FROM FAMILIES ABOUT HOW FEELING

Gov. Sununu announces deployment of New Hampshire National Guard members to southern US border

More than 160 soldiers from the New Hampshire National Guard are being deployed to the U.S. border with Mexico, Gov. Chris Sununu announced Monday.The governor said the move is in a response to a federal mobilization order from the Department of Defense.Sununu said the soldiers are going to be focused on surveillance, acting as eyes and ears for the Customs and Border Protection agents handling what’s being described as a humanitarian crisis. Sununu says guard members from more than a dozen states are being deployed to assist with the trafficking of people, weapons and drugs at the border. He said that because it’s a federal request, the Biden administration is paying for it.The governor said issues on the southern border, particularly drugs, directly affect New Hampshire.”This deployment, even more than others, directly affects New Hampshire, when you’re talking about the human trafficking, the drugs, the money and weapons that are coming across the border,” Sununu said. “That’s exactly what these orders are, for these men and women to be there to provide support services to push back on what’s coming across that border.”The deployment is expected to last a year. The New Hampshire National Guard last deployed to the southern border from October 2020 to November 2021.

CONCORD, N.H. —

More than 160 soldiers from the New Hampshire National Guard are being deployed to the U.S. border with Mexico, Gov. Chris Sununu announced Monday.

The governor said the move is in a response to a federal mobilization order from the Department of Defense.

Sununu said the soldiers are going to be focused on surveillance, acting as eyes and ears for the Customs and Border Protection agents handling what’s being described as a humanitarian crisis.

Sununu says guard members from more than a dozen states are being deployed to assist with the trafficking of people, weapons and drugs at the border. He said that because it’s a federal request, the Biden administration is paying for it.

The governor said issues on the southern border, particularly drugs, directly affect New Hampshire.

“This deployment, even more than others, directly affects New Hampshire, when you’re talking about the human trafficking, the drugs, the money and weapons that are coming across the border,” Sununu said. “That’s exactly what these orders are, for these men and women to be there to provide support services to push back on what’s coming across that border.”

The deployment is expected to last a year.

The New Hampshire National Guard last deployed to the southern border from October 2020 to November 2021.

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