Citing "no justification" for the deployment of National Guard troops on the US-Mexico border, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers (D) issued a decree Monday demanding more than 110 soldiers and airmen from the National Guard of the United States. Wisconsin to leave the southern border of Arizona.
"There is simply not enough evidence to support the president's claim that there is a national security crisis on our south-western border," Evers said in a statement, citing the president's assertion Donald Trump according to which the United States would face an emergency with regard to immigration:
Republican governor Scott Walker, Evers' predecessor, deployed the state's national guard in Arizona last June following a proclamation signed by Trump ordering the National Guard to protect the border. In his executive order this week, Evers said he had withdrawn his consent to this deployment and called for all members of the 112 National Guard of Wisconsin to withdraw quickly from their current missions at the border.
Republican legislators in Wisconsin quickly responded to Evers' decision. Senator Ron Johnson, chair of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security, described the governor's decision as "unfortunate". Scott Fitzgerald, the chairman of the Senate majority of the state, accused Evers to "play politics instead of working to protect Wisconsin".
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Members of the US military group place razor wires along the US-Mexico border on the McAllen-Hidalgo International Bridge on Friday, November 2, 2018 in McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo / Eric Gay)
On this photo provided by the US Air Force, soldiers of the 89th Military Police Brigade and the 41st Engineering Company of the 19th Engineer Battalion of Fort Riley, Kansas, arrive at the US Air Force. Valley International Airport on Thursday, November 1, 2018 in Harlingen. , Texas, to lead the first missions along the southern border in support of Operation Faithful Patriot. Soldiers will provide a range of support services, including planning assistance, technical support, equipment and resources to assist the US Department of Homeland Security along the way. the southwestern border. (Alexandra Minor / US Air Force via AP)
Razor wires recently placed by the US military along the banks of the Rio Grande border the McAllen-Hidalgo International Bridge on the US-Mexico border on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018 in McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo / Eric Gay)
Members of the US military group visit the McAllen-Hidalgo International Bridge with US Customs and Border Patrols on Saturday, November 3, 2018 in McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo / Eric Gay)
Razor wires recently placed by the US military along the banks of the Rio Grande border the McAllen-Hidalgo International Bridge on the US-Mexico border on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018 in McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo / Eric Gay)
Spectators watch members of the US military group place razor wires along the US-Mexico border on the McAllen-Hidalgo International Bridge on Friday, November 2, 2018 in McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo / Eric Gay)
Pedestrians pass by members of the US Army who are trying to place razor wires along the US-Mexico border on the McAllen-Hidalgo International Bridge on Friday, November 2, 2018 in McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo / Eric Gay)
Razor wires recently placed by the US military along the banks of the Rio Grande border the McAllen-Hidalgo International Bridge on the US-Mexico border on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018 in McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo / Eric Gay)
Members of the US military group place razor wires along the US-Mexico border on the McAllen-Hidalgo International Bridge on Friday, November 2, 2018 in McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo / Eric Gay)
Razor wires recently placed by the US military along the banks of the Rio Grande border the McAllen-Hidalgo International Bridge on the US-Mexico border on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018 in McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo / Eric Gay)
US Army members place razor wires along the US-Mexico border near the McAllen-Hidalgo International Bridge on Friday, November 2, 2018 in McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo / Eric Gay)
Members of the US military group place razor wires along the US-Mexico border near the McAllen-Hidalgo International Bridge on Friday, November 2, 2018 in McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo / Eric Gay)
Members of the US military group place razor wires along the US-Mexico border on the McAllen-Hidalgo International Bridge on Friday, November 2, 2018 in McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo / Eric Gay)
Members of the US military group place razor wires along the US-Mexico border near the McAllen-Hidalgo International Bridge on Friday, November 2, 2018 in McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo / Eric Gay)
Members of the US military group place razor wires along the US-Mexico border on the McAllen-Hidalgo International Bridge on Friday, November 2, 2018 in McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo / Eric Gay)
Members of the US military group place razor wires along the US-Mexico border near the McAllen-Hidalgo International Bridge on Friday, November 2, 2018 in McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo / Eric Gay)
Members of the US military group place razor wires along the US-Mexico border on the McAllen-Hidalgo International Bridge on Friday, November 2, 2018 in McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo / Eric Gay)
Pedestrians pass in front of US military personnel who are working to place razor wires along the US-Mexico border on the McAllen-Hidalgo International Bridge on Friday, November 2, 2018 in McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo / Eric Gay)
Members of the US military group place razor wires along the US-Mexico border on the McAllen-Hidalgo International Bridge on Friday, November 2, 2018 in McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo / Eric Gay)
A member of the US military forces cuts the fence at the US-Mexico border on the McAllen-Hidalgo International Bridge as he strives to place a razor wire in the area on Friday, November 2, 2018 in McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo / Eric Gay)
Members of the US military group place razor wires along the US-Mexico border on the McAllen-Hidalgo International Bridge on Friday, November 2, 2018 in McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo / Eric Gay)
Members of the US military group place razor wires along the US-Mexico border on the McAllen-Hidalgo International Bridge on Friday, November 2, 2018 in McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo / Eric Gay)
Members of the US military group place razor wires along the US-Mexico border near the McAllen-Hidalgo International Bridge on Friday, November 2, 2018 in McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo / Eric Gay)
Members of the US military group place razor wires along the US-Mexico border near the McAllen-Hidalgo International Bridge on Friday, November 2, 2018 in McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo / Eric Gay)
Members of the US military group place razor wires along the US-Mexico border near the McAllen-Hidalgo International Bridge on Friday, November 2, 2018 in McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo / Eric Gay)
Members of the US military group place razor wires along the US-Mexico border on the McAllen-Hidalgo International Bridge on Friday, November 2, 2018 in McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo / Eric Gay)
On this photo provided by the US Air Force, soldiers of the 89th Military Police Brigade and the 41st Engineering Company of the 19th Engineer Battalion of Fort Riley, Kansas, arrive at the US Air Force. Valley International Airport on Thursday, November 1, 2018 in Harlingen. , Texas, to lead the first missions along the southern border in support of Operation Faithful Patriot. Soldiers will provide a range of support services, including planning assistance, technical support, equipment and resources to assist the US Department of Homeland Security along the way. the southwestern border. (Alexandra Minor / US Air Force via AP)
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GOP representative Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, who reported serving with the Wisconsin National Guard, also challenged Evers' announcement.
"I am grateful to the other members of the Wisconsin Guard and I am deeply disappointed not to let them do what they have been trained for the good of the country. [Gov. Evers] I hope you will reconsider, "wrote Kinzinger.
Evers is the third governor this month to withdraw troops from the National Border Guard. The first was Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, a Democrat who said that his state "would not participate in the president's campaign of terror against terrorism". California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) soon followed suit by announcing his intention in February. 11 to remove most of the 360 soldiers from the National Guard of the State Border.
"The urgency of the border is an invented crisis and California will not be part of this political theater," Newsom said.
A few days later, Trump – in a bid to fund his much touted border wall – declared a national emergency on the southern border.
"We will face the national security crisis on our southern border, and we will do it one way or another," Trump said at the time.
This article originally appeared on HuffPost.
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