"Never before has Texas—or any other state—involuntarily activated so many troops under state active duty authority for such a long-term mission." Quite a @TexasTribune story on the hardship faced by the thousands of National Guardsmen sent to the border: texastribune.org/2022/02/01/tex…
@TexasTribune "A few days after being told he’d likely sit the deployment out, the NCO was ordered to report within 72 hours, he said. If he didn’t, his commanders told him, the state would issue an arrest warrant. 'I had to cancel $60K worth of business contracts'...His employees all quit."
"As many as 1 in 5 troops in the 6,500-strong 'operational force' who have been sent to the border have reported problems with their pay, including being paid late, too little or not at all for months."
"Many are living in cramped trailers with dozens of troops. Some say they feel underutilized and rarely see migrants while working isolated observation posts that in some cases lacked portable toilets for months."
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