New Mexico said there will be a six month gap of vulnerability at the border when feds pull National Guard troops.
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By Chris Ornelas KOB-TV, and Joshua Panas KOB.com
New Mexico homeland security said the National Guard on the border will leave in July, six months earlier than expected. Officials said border agents won’t take over until December at the earliest, leaving more than 180 miles of border http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=2243 unwatched.
The original http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=1511 was to have the National Guard watch the border until 6,000 new agents could be properly trained.
Border patrol officials said that won’t happen until December, but state officials said that’s not stopping the feds from pulling the plug early.
State officials said the feds are not saying http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=2227’s behind the early withdrawal of guard troops from across the country. The state said the withdrawal leaves the New Mexico border vulnerable.
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