Arizona lawmaker calls for National Guard deployment to handle Tucson migrant surge: 'Overrun and undermanned'
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Rep. Juan Ciscomani is calling for DHS to request the deployment of the Arizona National Guard to the southern border to help authorities deal with a surge in the Tucson Sector.
"Tucson Sector is leading in encounters and our agents and officers are overrun and undermanned," Ciscomani says in a letter to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. "The situation is far past a breaking point and those on the frontlines of this crisis are in need of immediate support." Rep. Ciscomani Letter to DHS on National Guard by Fox News on Scribd Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.
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Ciscomani calls on Mayorkas to "immediately request that the Department of Defense deploy the Arizona National Guard to help with this dire situation."