Mexico Protests Texas National Guard Troop Deployment on US Border Agence France-Presse
go to original August 16, 2014

File photo shows Texas Governor Rick Perry waiting to greet US President Barack Obama in Dallas, Texas, on July 9, 2014. (Jewel Samad/AFP)    

Mexico's foreign ministry late Friday protested Texas Governor Rick Perry's deployment of National Guard troops to the southern US border to halt the surge of child migrants.

Mexico "reiterates, in a firm and categorical way, its rejection of this measure," read a statement from the foreign ministry.

"No circumstance at all or change in border security exists that justifies this measure taken by the state."

The troop deployment "does not contribute in any way to solving the immigration problem," and is inconsistent with US-Mexico talks aimed at "building a modern, prosperous and safe border," the statement read.

National Guard troops are soldiers under the authority of the state governor. They cannot detain undocumented migrants, which is a federal responsibility, but they can take over some duties that allows more US Border Patrol agents to monitor the borderline.

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The several dozen soldiers deployed in the Rio Grande Valley this week are not part of the up to 1,000 troops called up by Gov. Rick Perry last month. (kxan)

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