South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem announced additional state National Guard members will be sent to the U.S.–Mexico border to assist immigration enforcement efforts.

The deployment, she said, would add 75 members to the 50-strong troops that are deployed there. Noem, a Republican, is one of several governors who have sent law enforcement or National Guard members to the border following a request from the governments of Arizona and Texas for assistance, although Noem said they are being sent to the border at the request of the federal government.

“Our South Dakota National Guard is the very best in the country, and they are prepared for the sustained response the national security crisis at our southern border requires,” Noem said in a statement Wednesday. “I am hopeful that this mission indicates the Biden administration is waking up to the devastating situation at the border.”

The Guard members will be deployed to the border for up to 9 or 12 months, according to her office.

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