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It's over a 200% increase, and we're talking about apprehending over 50,000 people attempting to cross our border in one month. jillian: our griff jenkins joins us live at camp mayberry in austin as even more troops are expected to deploy. >> reporter: good morning. you know, the national guard has been active on the texas border in a smaller role since 2014, but now the 250 that are called up are armored up and in action, eyes on the sky, eyes on the ground. here at camp maybely, we talked to tracy norris, the commanding officer of the texas army national guard, about how big this mission is ...

This past month, in apprehensions. it is alarming. over200% increase and we're talking about apprehending over 50,000 people attempting to cross our border in one month. >> bill: that's the white house homeland security advisor talking about the security at our southern border. national guard troops are starting to arrive after james mattis signed off sending up to 4,000. however, the show of force comes with tight restrictions. brandon judd is the president of the national border patrol council representing 18,000 guards. how are you, sir? what will 4,000 national guard troops do for security...

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