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Michigan Sends 120 National Guard Engineers to Texas Border to Support CBP

The move extends a pattern of Michigan Guard border deployments dating to 2020 across two administrations.

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A U. S. Air Force Airman from the 127th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, (SANGB) Mich., performs Agile Combat Employment (ACE) training while marshaling an A-10 Thunderbolt II also from SANGB during an Integrated Combat Turn (ICT) during Northern Agility 22-2/Northern Strike 22, at Cherry Capital Airport in Traverse City, Mich., Aug. 8, 2022. Northern Agility 22-2 is incorporated seamlessly with Northern Strike 22, a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise, to demonstrate joint integration into the Air Force’s ACE concept. ACE is the ability to project combat power anytime, anywhere, while remaining operationally unpredictable.

Overview

  • The 1430th Engineer Company received a formal sendoff in Kalamazoo as troops depart for the Texas–Mexico border for roughly a year.
  • Officials said the unit will provide mission-enhancing support under U.S. Northern Command and Joint Task Force North to enable CBP agents to concentrate on law enforcement.
  • Michigan National Guard officials said the deployment order came from the president, with MLive reporting the mission was approved by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
  • This is the sixth southwest border operation for Michigan’s Guard since 2020, continuing deployments under both Trump and Biden.
  • Coverage notes broader legal and political scrutiny of domestic Guard use, including a judge halting a separate Trump-directed deployment in Chicago.