‘No cost to Texas:’ Iowa donating troopers to fight immigration
The US state of Iowa has dispatched troopers to the border state of Texas, which has been struggling with an influx of immigrants and refugees.
“Iowa is donating this resource,” according to the agreements, signed by the director of Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management on July 2 and released by the department Monday under the open records law.
Texas still has the means to eventually pay Iowa although the troopers have been offered at “no cost to Texas.”
“Obviously, Texas and Arizona had an immediate need so we wanted to make sure we were answering it,” said Pat Garrett, a spokesman for Reynolds. “Again, we won’t have final payment details until all of this is over.”
Texas and Arizona authorities had previously asked other states to “absorb the associated costs with this mission,” but some fellow Republicans such as South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem have disagreed with the idea of sending troopers down to Texas.
“They’re needed at home,” she said, questioning the practicality of the initiative over security concerns.
The Biden administration has been trying to undo former President Donald Trump’s border policies.
US imperialist policies have been touted as the main cause for Central Americans’ struggle for decades, which has led to influx of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers mostly escaping violence in their home countries.
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