Deploying Michigan National Guard units to Texas to aid its state authorities in managing illegal Mexico-United States border crossings is an action the Legislature's Republican leaders are pushing for, following a recent trip to Eagle Pass, a Texas city adjacent to the river Rio Grande. Last week, Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt (R-Lawton) and House Minority Leader Matt Hall (R-Kalamazoo) attended a trip hosted by the Texas Department of Public Safety, after Texas State Sen. Phil King, a Republican, invited several out-of-state legislators to discuss how current federal immigration policy impacts their state and resources. Based on a conversation with Nesbitt and Hall Thursday, the
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