Missouri Senate Sends Bill For Texas Border Deployment To Gov Parson

Bonisiwe Shabane

-Dec 31, 2025, 12:49 PM

missouri senate sends bill for texas border deployment to gov parson

Missouri National Guard soldiers assist in processing migrants who have crossed the Texas border from Mexico. (Photo courtesy of Missouri Governor’s Office) A bill dedicating $2.2 million to support deployment of Missouri National Guard soldiers and State Highway Patrol troopers to Texas for border security on Wednesday became the first bill sent this year to Gov. MIke Parson. In February, Parson announced he would send 200 soldiers and 11 troopers to work with Texas law enforcement at the request of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.

He asked for the money to avoid dipping into emergency funds allocated for disasters or other events within the state. The bill, which passed the House almost six weeks ago, encountered little opposition as it passed 30-2, but it did bring a round of questions from state Sen. Denny Hoskins, a Warrensburg Republican who was stripped of his seat on the Senate Appropriations Committee earlier this year. Hoskins wanted to know the living arrangements for the deployed personnel and what $91,000 set aside for vehicle purchases was buying. Gov. Mike Parson signed a supplemental appropriations bill that funds the deployment of Missouri soldiers and troopers into law on Wednesday after visiting the southern border of Texas.

The bill includes $2 million in funding for Missouri's southern border deployment, aiding Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's Operation Lone Star. "President Biden and the federal government have failed. They're allowing fentanyl and other drugs, criminals, and even suspected terrorists to flood across the border into our country. States must take a stand, and that's exactly what Missouri is doing," Parson said. "The more crime we can stop at the Southern Border, the less we have to deal with in Missouri.

We appreciate the strong group of bipartisan lawmakers for approving this funding and understanding the need for Missouri to step in when the federal government has failed our citizens." Gov. Mike Parson was joined Wednesday by Missouri National Guard Adjutant General Levon Cumpton and Texas Department of Public Safety Regional Director Victor Escalon. Parson issued an executive order on Feb. 20 that activated 200 Missouri National Guard (MONG) members and 22 Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers to the southern border, according to past KOMU 8 reporting. Missouri Gov.

Mike Parson signed into law on Wednesday the bill that back funds the deployment of about 200 Missouri National Guard troops and 22 State Highway Patrol officers to the Texas-Mexico border. “I think the important takeaway for folks back home in Missouri is to realize the battle that we're fighting down here at the border is keeping it from happening in our own borders, in... State Rep. Peter Merideth, D-St. Louis, criticized the effort. “This is a campaign stunt for a lot of people about the national fight happening over the border,” Merideth said.

“What I think is frustrating is, while it’s just politics, it has real consequences.” The $2.2 million supplemental budget bill passed both legislative chambers in Jefferson City with broad bipartisan support earlier this spring — despite some Democrats' objection to Parson’s decision to send the troops and officers. Update: Missouri’s executive order sending Missouri National Guard troops to Texas expired on Thursday, June 13. Gov. Mike Parson did not extend the order. His office touted it as a “success” on June 13.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s executive order to send Missouri National Guard members to the Texas border with Mexico expires Thursday, raising questions about whether the Republican governor will extend the deployment. Parson signed the order in February, sending up to 200 National Guard members and 22 State Highway Patrol troopers to aid Texas, which has promoted a plan dubbed “Operation Lone Star” that uses Texas... With the June 13 expiration date looming, Sen. Lincoln Hough, a Springfield Republican who chairs the Senate’s powerful budget-writing committee, sent a letter to Parson on Wednesday supporting an extension of the executive order. “If you decide to continue Missouri’s involvement, you have my full support in securing the border through Operation Lone Star,” Hough, who is running for lieutenant governor, wrote in the letter.

“Funding this order is crucial for safeguarding our border and protecting Missouri and its communities.” Gov. Mike Parson, at a news conference near Eagle Pass, Texas, on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, signed a supplemental appropriation of $2.2 million to fund the deployment of the Missouri National Guard and the Missouri... Gov. Mike Parson met with Texas law enforcement officers on Feb. 4 during a fact-finding visit to the U.S.

southern border. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson and Major General Levon E. Cumpton discuss the plan to send roughly 200 Missouri National Guard troops to support Texas’ Operation Lone Star at the southern border. Video courtesy of the Governor's office, edited by Jenna Jones. Stay up-to-date on the latest in local and national government and political topics with our newsletter.

Opposition by senators in the hard-line Missouri Freedom Caucus threatens to derail the legislation for a second year in a row. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signed into law on Wednesday the bill that back funds the deployment of about 200 Missouri National Guard troops and 22 State Highway Patrol officers to the Texas-Mexico border. “I think the important takeaway for folks back home in Missouri is to realize the battle that we're fighting down here at the border is keeping it from happening in our own borders, in... State Rep. Peter Merideth, D-St.

Louis, criticized the effort. “This is a campaign stunt for a lot of people about the national fight happening over the border,” Merideth said. “What I think is frustrating is, while it’s just politics, it has real consequences.” The $2.2 million supplemental budget bill passed both legislative chambers in Jefferson City with broad bipartisan support earlier this spring — despite some Democrats' objection to Parson’s decision to send the troops and officers. Missouri National Guard soldiers assist in processing migrants who have crossed the Texas border from Mexico. (Photo courtesy of Missouri Governor’s Office)

A bill dedicating $2.2 million to support deployment of Missouri National Guard soldiers and State Highway Patrol troopers to Texas for border security on Wednesday became the first bill sent this year to Gov. MIke Parson. In February, Parson announced he would send 200 soldiers and 11 troopers to work with Texas law enforcement at the request of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. He asked for the money to avoid dipping into emergency funds allocated for disasters or other events within the state. Heaven must have needed a football coach.

After 35 years of ownership by the Turner family, one of Washington’s storied watering holes, the Sand Bar, is set to change hands. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said the state will send more National Guard troops to Texas to help secure the southern U.S. border. Meanwhile, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson says the 370-page, $118 billion bi-partisan plan to provide aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Gaza, and to secure the southern border won’t pass through the House.

The plan was released Sunday, the same day Parson joined Texas Governor Greg Abbott and 13 Republican counterparts for a security briefing in Eagle Pass, Texas. It’s an event Democrats call a political stunt to fan the flames of voter fear ahead of the fall elections. Border state officials, even some of the more conservative, like what they see in the national security package unveiled Sunday. [ad_1] Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signed into law on Wednesday the bill that back funds the deployment of about 200 Missouri National Guard troops and 22 State Highway Patrol officers to the Texas-Mexico border.“I think the important... Peter Merideth, D-St.

Louis, criticized the effort.“This is a campaign stunt for a lot of people about the national fight happening over the border,” Merideth said. “What I think is frustrating is, while it’s just politics, it has real consequences.”The $2.2 million supplemental budget bill passed both legislative chambers in Jefferson City with broad bipartisan support earlier this spring —... The initiative of Texas Gov. Greg Abbot seeks to curb the flow of illicit drugs and migrants from entering the country illegally. Abbot and the federal government have been fighting over the legality of his operation.The Missouri troops and officers arrived in early March to help local law enforcement with their security patrols, said Parson and... Levon Cumpton, the head of the Missouri National Guard.

Office of the Missouri GovernorMembers of the Missouri National Guard in January 2021 during a COVID-19 vaccination site in Poplar Bluff. The first half of the state troopers returned home at the end of March, according to the governor’s office. The second half of the troopers served until mid-April.The initial deployment was scheduled to last 90 days but could be extended. Parson did not specify the timeline during Wednesday’s press conference. His office said it will reassess the future of the deployment when the executive order expires in mid-June.Helping the Texas Army National Guard, the Missouri troops have detected and turned back more than 700... They point to statistics that show migrant encounters have reached record highs during Biden’s presidency.The southern border has become an increasingly important issue for many voters, recent polls show.

Republicans have made their critique a key 2024 campaign priority.“The one thing I want to share with all Missourians: We are making a difference — without a doubt,” Parson said.But some Democrats in Jefferson... LaKeySha Bosley, D-St. Louis, said in March when the bill was being considered. “We are not doing that with this bill. We are trying to take care of somebody else’s problem.”Many in the opposing party said they voted for the bill because Parson already made his decision to send the troops and did not need... The bill would backfill state funding in case of an emergency in the state, Parson said.But Merideth said that’s unnecessary because lawmakers could call a special session to pass legislation quickly in the event...

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