North Dakota sending National Guard to southern border

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : North Dakota will send its National Guard troops down to the U.S.-Mexico border to help overwhelmed federal and local law enforcement respond to the surge of illegal immigration.
53% : North Dakota is the seventh state to send its law enforcement officers and military to the southern border after a nationwide request from Republican Govs.
50% : The state has spent $3.5 billion on border security efforts since 2014, a financial burden Abbott said should prompt other states to pitch in given that migrants who are released into the United States after being apprehended, or those who evade arrest, will likely not stay in Texas but travel to other destinations nationwide.
49% : "We have monitored the ongoing crisis at the southern border and will send 125 @NDNationalGuard soldiers from the 957th Engineer Company at the Army's request to help secure our border," Republican Gov. Doug Burgum said in a tweet Tuesday.
46% : Some states, including North Dakota, have opted to send military instead of law enforcement out of concern for public safety in the home state.
45% : Military on the border cannot make arrests and typically serve in passive roles, including monitoring cameras and manning unfinished portions of the border wall.
38% : Any officers sent will have the same authorities they hold their home state, as well as the "power to arrest migrants who illegally cross the border into our territory," which is normally a crime only federal law enforcement such as the Border Patrol has jurisdiction to enforce.
22% : Republican Sen. Kevin Cramer applauded the move, adding the "problems at the southern border are a threat to all Americans."

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