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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced Tuesday afternoon that the state will send Missouri National Guard and Highway Patrol units to the Texas-Mexico border as fellow Republican governors augment Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star, a multibillion dollar border security effort. Two Missouri National Guard units, including roughly 250 members, are currently working under a federal deployment to assist the Border Patrol with law enforcement. Parson toured the border earlier this month with other GOP governors and promised Missouri support. With an executive order, Parson will deploy up to 200 Missouri National Guard members on a rotating basis of roughly 30 days, and up to 22 Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers who Parson says...

The order includes a $2.3 million supplemental budget request to the General Assembly. JEFFERSON CITY – Gov. Mike Parson is deploying members of the Missouri National Guard and State Highway Patrol to the Texas border with Mexico this week. Parson cited President Joe Biden’s border policies as the reason for his decision, which was announced Feb. 20. As many as 200 members of the guard are being deployed under the authority Parson has as governor.

Both the president and the governor of a guard’s state hold authority over the guard. This duality of power between the federal and state governments does not exist in other branches of the military. The Posse Comitatus Act prohibits the military from acting as a civilian police force. Passed in 1878, the law prevents the president from activating the guard or other military branches in a law enforcement capacity unless expressly authorized by Congress. JEFFERSON CITY, MO – Today, as Executive Order 24-03 expires, Governor Mike Parson highlighted the successful conclusion of Missouri's months-long Southern Border Deployment in support of Texas Governor Greg Abbott's Operation Lone Star mission... On February 20, 2024, Governor Parson issued Executive Order 24-03 activating up to 200 Missouri National Guard (MONG) members and 22 Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) troopers to support Texas' border security operations.

"We express our sincere appreciation to our MONG and MSHP members who answered the call to help secure the Southern Border and stop illegal drugs and immigrants pouring into our nation," Governor Parson said. "The mission has been a resounding success, significantly reducing daily illegal-immigrant encounters near Eagle Pass and seizing millions of lethal doses of fentanyl. Missouri personnel undoubtedly helped better secure the border and make our communities safer. For now, we welcome our men and women in uniform home and congratulate them on a job well done." "We also greatly appreciate Governor Abbott for leading this charge. Every state is a border state, but thanks to Governor Abbott leading where President Biden and the federal government have failed, the rest of the nation can rest a little easier knowing their Republican...

Should Governor Abbott and the State of Texas call on Missouri again, we are prepared to answer," Governor Parson continued. "I thank Governor Parson for standing with Texas and sending personnel to join our historic border security mission, Operation Lone Star. When Texas was standing alone to hold the line at the border, he delivered," Texas Governor Greg Abbott said. "Missouri National Guard soldiers and law enforcement officers stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Texas National Guard soldiers and Texas Department of Public Safety troopers to secure the border; stop the smuggling of drugs, weapons, and people... As Missouri National Guard soldiers and law enforcement officers return home to the Show-Me State, know that their efforts made our communities, and our country safer." To date, with the help of Missouri and other states across the country, the multi-agency Operation Lone Star effort has apprehended over 513,100 illegal immigrants and arrested more than 43,700 criminals, with more than...

In the fight against the fentanyl crisis, law enforcement has seized over 488 million lethal doses of fentanyl—enough to kill every man, woman, and child in the United States and Mexico combined—during the border... Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has announced the state will send troops and highway patrol officers to the US-Mexico border to support Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star in protecting the nation’s borders. Along with at least 200 National Guard members, Parson also declared he will be sending 22 Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers to assist in securing the border. This announcement follows Parson’s visit to Eagle Pass, a small border town that has become a hot spot for people crossing illegally into the U.S.

Sign up to get unfiltered news delivered straight to your inbox. You can unsubscribe any time. By subscribing you agree to our Terms of Use Your Bates County News Source Since 1962! Today, we announced that the State of Missouri will be providing up to 200 Missouri National Guard (MONG) members and 22 Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) troopers to support Texas Governor Greg Abbott's Operation... he 8th annual Farm to Fork Summit and Expo is coming to Nevada, Missouri, on Friday, March 6, 2026 , at the Nevada Community Center.

Th... 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. Parson has also submitted a $2.3 million supplemental budget request to the state's legislature to help Texas secure the border and stop illegal immigration and drug and human trafficking. On a trip to the United States' southern border with Mexico earlier in February, Parson noted how he directly witnessed "the crisis at the southern border," which fuels the fentanyl crisis in Missouri. "Missourians are dying; families are being ripped apart; communities are being destroyed, and Missouri children are falling victim. It all stems from [President Joe Biden's] Administration’s reckless, irresponsible, and failing open-border policies. With our Southern Border wide open, every state is now a border state," he said.

According to the report from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the fentanyl epidemic in Missouri is worsening, with a sharp rise in overdose deaths since 2016. In 2021, the state recorded 2,163 overdose deaths, a significant increase from 1,366 in 2017, with approximately 70 percent linked to synthetic opioids like fentanyl. “President Biden and the federal government must step up to stop illegal entry into our nation, to stop the free flow of fentanyl into our communities and [to] combat the rise of human trafficking,... Missouri will act by deploying our own resources to secure our nation’s border,” Parson said. STATEWIDE — Missouri will be providing National Guard members and Highway Patrol troopers to support Texas Governor Greg Abbott's Operation Lone Star mission at the Southern border.

"About two weeks ago, I visited the Southern Border, and let me not mince words when I say it is a crisis," Governor Mike Parson said in a press release. "The crisis at the Southern Border is fueling the fentanyl crisis here in our state. Missourians are dying; families are being ripped apart; communities are being destroyed, and Missouri children are falling victim. It all stems from the Biden Administration's reckless, irresponsible, and failing open-border policies. With our Southern Border wide open, every state is now a border state." Governor Parson has issued Executive Order 24-03 to activate the Missouri National Guard and the Governor's Office's discretionary emergency response fund.

Governor Parson's plan to support security along the Texas-Mexico border includes the following: - The deployment of up to 200 MONG members. Guard members will be deployed on a rotating basis of approximately 30 days. - The deployment of up to 22 MSHP troopers Standard law enforcement equipment will accompany the troopers. All MSHP troopers being deployed to the Southern Border have volunteered for the mission. Gov.

Mike Parson provided an update Friday on the Missouri personnel who were sent to Texas as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star mission. Parson issued an executive order Feb. 20, that activated 200 Missouri National Guard (MONG) members as well as 22 Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers to the southern border. Missouri National Guard members at the southern border Since March 1, 11 troopers have been helping the Texas Department of Public Safety, and 48 MONG members have helped with border security since they received official orders on March 11.

A majority of troopers volunteered to stay for the duration of the mission, and 17 members will rotate out in the latter part of April, according to a press release from Parson's office. Jefferson City, MO. – On June 13th, Governor Parson talked about the wrapping up of Executive Order 24-03, which saw various different state employee’s from multiple organizations working at the southern border of the US as a... Originally, this deployment was announced through Executive Order 24-03 on February 20th. Up to 200 Missouri National Guard and 22 Missouri State Highway Patrol Troopers were sent to Texas’ border for security operations. In his release wrapping up the Order, Governor Parson stated “The Mission has been a resounding success, significantly reducing daily illegal-immigrant encounters…” in reply, the Texas Governor, Greg Abbott stated “As Missouri National Guard...

According to the public announcement on the end of the Executive Order, those from Missouri reduced daily illegal-immigrant encounters from more than 4,000 daily to less than 300 at the location they were stationed. A recap of the Operation from the Press Release is posted below.

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