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DESCRIPTION:INDIANAPOLIS – Governor Eric J. Holcomb announced today that 
 effective immediately he is deploying the Indiana National Guard to suppor
 t the ongoing border security mission in Texas. Gov. Holcomb joined 13 oth
 er governors at the U.S. – Mexico border in Texas earlier this week to r
 eceive a detailed briefing from the front lines.\n\n“Federal negligence 
 enforcing immigration law and the failure to secure our country’s border
  jeopardizes national and economic security\, affecting every state\, incl
 uding Indiana\,” Gov. Holcomb said.  “We’ve worked too hard in India
 na attacking the drug epidemic for more Hoosier lives to be put at risk by
  a constant supply of killer drugs spilled over an open U.S. border. The o
 nly way to resolve this is to stop the historically high flow of illegal i
 mmigrants crossing the border.”\n\nFollowing the recent direct request f
 rom Governor Greg Abbott\, Gov. Holcomb is sending 50 Hoosier Guardsmen to
  the southern border to support the Texas National Guard on their security
  mission. These soldiers will begin mobilizing for the mission immediately
  and will arrive in Texas in mid-March. The soldiers being deployed will s
 pend one week at Camp Atterbury for training on the operations of the miss
 ion and will then deploy to Texas for ten months.\n\n“Whatever the missi
 on – whether it’s supporting a Hoosier community in the face of natura
 l disaster\, standing with our allies or against our adversaries overseas\
 , or protecting the border – the soldiers and airmen of the Indiana Nati
 onal Guard are uniquely trained\, equipped and capable of mobilizing whene
 ver and wherever we’re called\,” said Major General Dale Lyles\, the a
 djutant general of the Indiana National Guard. “We stand ready to suppor
 t the Texas National Guard in securing the southern border.”\n\nThe Indi
 ana National Guard has a long history of supporting the mission to secure 
 the southern border. From October of 2020 to October 2023\, 300 Indiana Gu
 ardsmen and women have served various federal missions at the southern bor
 der.\n\nThe Indiana National Guard is comprised of thousands of soldiers a
 nd airmen\, Army National Guard armories and units across the state\, trai
 ning facilities at Camp Atterbury and Muscatatuck Urban Training Center an
 d Air National Guard wings in Fort Wayne and Terre Haute.\n\n-30-
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SUMMARY:Gov. Holcomb directs Indiana National Guard to support Texas border
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