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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 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.

ST. LOUIS—Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s decision to send National Guard personnel and Missouri State Highway Patrol resources to Texas to work on border security measures there has support from GOP lawmakers in Missouri and the three leading... Parson announced Tuesday that up to 200 National Guard units would head to Texas to work under Operation Lone Star, starting next month for the next ninety days, primarily to work on building border... It was still unclear Wednesday where the National Guard contingent would come from, either in the form of a single unit or if it would be a collection of personnel from around the state. Roughly 250 Guard members are already serving in Texas under a separate federal call-up.

Eleven State Highway Patrol troopers who have volunteered will head south and be paired with Texas State Troopers working on calls near the border. A total of 22 troopers will be part of the deployment. According to the Highway Patrol, the first eleven volunteers are spread among seven of the agency’s nine troops along with the Patrol’s General Headquarters and the Division of Drug and Crime Control. 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 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. Wind Advisory for northeast Missouri and Appanoose, Davis, Monroe and Wapello counties until 6 a.m. Monday. by Office of Missouri Governor Michael Parson

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — On Friday, Governor Mike Parson provided an update on Missouri personnel deployed to the southern border in Texas as part of Governor Greg Abbott's Operation Lone Star mission.Eleven Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP)... Missouri National Guard (MONG) members, totaling 48 soldiers, began supporting border security efforts this week on March 14 after receiving official orders on March 11. "Missourians understand there is a crisis at our southern border and that it's not just impacting the State of Texas. It seems like every week we are hearing of more and more fentanyl deaths and drug trafficking instances that are ripping Missouri families and communities apart. It stems from the chaos at our southern border, and it must stop," Governor Parson said.

"While President Biden and the federal government fail to do anything, we're proud the State of Missouri is doing something. We extend our sincere thanks to our MSHP troopers and MONG service members for their efforts in addressing this crisis. Missouri stands with Texas, and we are taking action." Last month, Gov. Parson issued Executive Order 24-03 activating up to 200 MONG members and 22 MSHP troopers to support Operation Lone Star on the Sothern Border.Below are updates from both MSHP and MONG deployments to the... border.

The team briefed at the Texas DPS South Region Office (3) in Weslaco, Texas, on March 3 and reported to its first assigned shift on March 4. Gov. Mike Parson flanked by Major General Levon E. Cumpton announced plans on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, to deploy the Missouri National Guard and Missouri Highway Patrol troopers to assist Texas address illegal immigration. Screengrab

Gov. Mike Parson meets with Texas law enforcement officers on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, during a fact-finding visit to the U.S.-Mexico 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. The Trump campaign released a list of six top state officials and 56 members of the Legislature who are endorsing the former president’s bid f… 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. As Executive Order 24-03 recently expired, 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 to secure the Texas-Mexico...

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."

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