States Divided on Sending National Guard Troops to US-Mexico Border
Virginia Democratic state senator Scott Surovell has criticized Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin's decision to deploy 100 National Guard troops to Texas for a month to help secure the southern border, arguing that it makes the state "look like a joke." Surovell suggested that the move had more to do with Youngkin's political future and potentially becoming a Republican presidential candidate next year. Youngkin said the deployment was specifically related to fentanyl coming across the border and spreading around the nation, turning "every state into a border state."