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Texas National Guard troops were dispatched to wealthy ranches with private security as part of border mission

Published: March 16, 2022, 10 a.m.

b'The dispatching of troops to wealthy private ranches, far from the border, raises questions about the use of National Guard troops, who have widely decried the mission as aimless, political and oversized, as the cost of the effort has already ballooned to $2 billion a year.'