{"id":229385,"date":"2021-07-06T23:07:58","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T04:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=229385"},"modified":"2021-07-07T08:32:29","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T13:32:29","slug":"hoevev-statemebt-nd-guard-called-to-sw-u-s-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=229385","title":{"rendered":"Hoeven statement, ND Guard called to SW U.S. Border"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wordsection1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-77508\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/NationalGuardlogo-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/NationalGuardlogo-300x202.jpg 300w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/NationalGuardlogo-259x175.jpg 259w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/NationalGuardlogo.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Bismarck \u00a0 \u2013 Senator John Hoeven Tuesday issued the following statement after the North Dakota National Guard\u2019s 957th Engineer Company was alerted for duty at the nation\u2019s southwestern border to support U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).<\/p>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\">Concurrently, Hoeven met with Mexican President Andr\u00e9s Obrador this week as part of a bipartisan congressional delegation visit to Mexico City, where he outlined the importance of the U.S. and Mexico continuing to work together to stop human and drug trafficking and ensure the border is secure. This visit builds on Hoeven\u2019s <a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoeven.senate.gov\/news\/news-releases\/hoeven-border-security-is-vital-to-national-security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> trip to the southern border<\/a> in March, where he assessed the illegal immigration crisis, met with border patrol agents and reviewed CBP operations and facilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\">Senator Hoeven said, \u201cNorth Dakota\u2019s guard members have risen to the occasion time and again to defend our state and nation, and their dedication and professionalism will be an important asset to CBP operations.\u00a0 The crisis at our southern border is a real security risk and brings significant harm to the families and children being trafficked, as well as communities impacted by the illegal drug trade on both sides of the border. That\u2019s why we\u2019ve traveled to Mexico City to discuss the severity of these issues with President Obrador and emphasized the need for both of our nations to continue working together in resolving this crisis and securing the border over the long-term.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 The North Dakota National Guard says about 125 soldiers from a Bismarck-based unit will be sent to the U.S. border with Mexico later this year for an undetermined amount of time. The soldiers from the 957th Engineer Company are expected to begin the deployment this fall. Gov. Doug Burgum\u2019s office says the request was made Department of the Army. Burgum says the soldiers will \u201csupport the efforts to secure our border.\u201d The governor\u2019s office says the deployment is being funded by the federal government. Burgum is among a growing list of Republican governors promising to send law enforcement officers to Texas. Republican governors from Arkansas, Florida, Nebraska and Iowa have all committed to sending law enforcement officers for border security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bismarck \u00a0 \u2013 Senator John Hoeven Tuesday issued the following statement after the North Dakota National Guard\u2019s 957th Engineer Company was alerted for duty at the nation\u2019s southwestern border to support U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Concurrently, Hoeven met with Mexican President Andr\u00e9s Obrador this week as part of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":150829,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-229385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=229385"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":229397,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229385\/revisions\/229397"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/150829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=229385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=229385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=229385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}