<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Quick answer to your question:<div><br><div>Q. "<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">Without activating the Texas National Guard, thus placing them under the control of the federal government, who can readily "</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">bring the National Guard to secure the border"?</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">A ." </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; ">Soldiers in the National Guard train one weekend each month, with one two-week training period each year. They’re typically called into action by a state governor, who can send them to the site of any officially declared emergency in the state. This is usually a weather-related emergency, but civil unrest or terrorist attacks are other emergencies they may respond to. Guard troops can also be used for</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#ff0000"> security details at borders</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; "> and airports." <a href="http://science.howstuffworks.com/national-guard.htm">http://science.howstuffworks.com/national-guard.htm</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; ">Since the current president has abrogated his role in stopping this latest border crises, the governors should act to protect the borders of their states.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; ">'nuff said?</span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><br><div><div>On Jul 11, 2014, at 12:40 PM, Tom Hansen wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">Without activating the Texas National Guard, thus placing them under the control of the federal government, who can readily "</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">bring the National Guard to secure the border"?</span></span></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div></body></html>