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Set, a soldier will be armed for self-defense. but again, it will depend on the mission set and what the requirements are through the department of homeland security. >> reporter: and this is just the first of many as we have heard from the white house, up to 4,000 national guard troops are expected to be positioned along the border. reaction has been mixed. we have heard from critics who are concerned that this could potentially send a message to the rest of the country or world that this administration has been militarizing the border although it has been done before. and of course thothere ...

Texas a mobilizing the national guard quickly, but what are we learning about what their responsibilities will be and what they will not do on the border? >> well, they will be filling those roles that they have during previous kdeployments to be the eyes and ear for the state agencies patrolling the border. meaning that they will be supporting law enforcement because they are unable or really they can't enforce certain laws which means that they won't be taking any immigration actions. yesterday the state of texas announcing that they are sending their first wave about 250 that left austin ye...

That they want. that is not anything we proposed. we want to get to border security. we're going to do everything we can to do it until and when congress acts. >> how many will go, do you have that number? >> we don't. just because we take each mission set, each location and work with the governor on how many people. we'll let you know that as soon as we can. >> so we told you what we don't know. what we do know is that 2017 actually saw the fewest arrests of those attempting to cross illegally in years. there has, however, been a recent surge. the administration releasing these figures that s...

Twitter about undocumented immigrants pouring across the southern u.s. border, president trump is now calling on the national guard, signing an order to send troops to the southern border. >> until we can have a wall and proper security, we're going to be guarding our border with the military. that's a big step. >> so what we don't know is how many troops there are going to be, how long they're going to be there, what they'll be doing or even if these troops are going to be armed. even the department of homeland security cannot give us an answer on that. >> armed or unarmed? >> we are working ...

Other than that i can't speak to the legality. >> do you know what this will cost or -- >> i can't. looking at past numbers should be indicative. it really depends on a very specific mission set that they'll provide. for example, aerial surveillance is done by flight hours. to translate that to ops and how much people will cost. >> we will do it in conjunction with the governors. >> how much wall can you build with the money that you currently have? >> the currently appropriated will build about 150 miles. >> $1.7 billion? >> 17 and 18 together. we have started building. so we're building real...