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A U.S. Customs and Border Protection marine unit rescued four migrants from a sinking boat off the coast of Texas.

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection marine unit rescued four migrants from a sinking boat off the coast of Texas.

Maria: what should we expect from national guardsmen and women at the mexico border? >> well i talked to them yesterday they deployed 250 from my state probably 300 next week. i can tell you what they don't want to do and that's push paper and sit in an office. they want to be active basically active duty down on the border fulfilling the roles of border security missions. they want to do surveillance. they want to do watch towers, they want to be right on the border with border patrol. they cannot apprehend them and process them because of the other federal laws; however, they can play a very...

Julie. in the wake of president trump's decision to dispatch these national guard troops to the border, the pentagon and department of homeland security are already on the move. a joint statement from secretary of defense mattis, secretary of homeland security nielsen reads in part, tonight national guard troops are deploying to support border security missions along the u.s. southwest border. we are committed to using every lever of power to support men and women of law enforcement, protecting the american people. the pentagon's also announced faithey're creating a special border security cel...

The presidents move. with humans of high-profile former governors weighing-in. >> i think it is terrific news. i think the president is taking real steps to secure our borders. all the while that we have certainly tried to get it done but he is delivering on his promises. >> the state of texas has already become deployment of 250 of its own guardsmen to support the nation at the border. a joint statement from secretary of defense, james mattis and secretaries domestically, nielsen, makes it clear that no matter whose guardsmen report for duty, they will care the presidents mission. it reads in...