Just so long as she doesn’t lose any votes over it.
Border duty will be optional for state’s National Guard, Gregoire says
Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire said she will not compel any of the state’s National Guard troops to serve on the Mexican border if they’re asked.
“I’m not going to force any National Guard member to go there,” Gregoire said.
“If I have volunteers who want to, we will support their request.”
President Bush wants to post 6,000 troops along the borders of four Southwest states during the next year as the government hires and trains new Border Patrol agents to capture people trying to enter the U.S. illegally.
The governors of those states — California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas — signed agreements with the federal government Thursday to provide the first deployments of this effort starting this month.
Federal officials have not begun talks with Washington leaders on a similar pact.
So, what; is she going to ask for volunteers?
I’m sure her fellow Democrats in the statehouse will take time to call any volunteers racists when the time comes, because only racists want to stop Mexicans from coming across the border.
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