Activist Group Claims States Sending National Guards to Border are Engaging in ‘Insurrection’
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July 6, 2021 | By: Sally Kent
Latino activist group The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is demanding President Biden intervene against states sending National Guardsmen to the U.S.-Mexico border. LULAC National President Domingo Garcia penned a letter to President Biden slamming the six states that have sent law enforcement to the border claiming they are engaging in an “insurrection.”
Fox News reports:
“President Biden, as the commander in chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and the militia of the several states, you have authority to prevent this usurping of federal powers by a few recalcitrant and rebellious states,” the letter said. “If you cannot stop this additional insurrection, we request that you deploy federal troops to defend the rights and lives of Hispanic Americans on the border.”
Responding to news that a private donor was funding National Guard members from South Dakota, Garcia said this was “tantamount to relegating our armed forces to a ‘pay for hire’ status on any whim or desire that the donor citizen can afford to pursue,” and accused South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem of seeking “an opportunity to score political points.”
In a separate statement, Garcia accused Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and former President Donald Trump of “fomenting dangerous racial hatred targeting Latinos” via their recent visit to the border.
The deployment of law enforcement and National Guard members had been requested by Abbott and Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, who asked for help in a June letter to other governors.
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Dingbats.