- The news comes about a week after Noem announced she’d send up to 50 soldiers to the southern border.The soldiers will be deployed anywhere from nine months to a year.
Gov. Kristi Noem will be sending 125 additional members of the South Dakota National Guard to the southern border, according to a press release from her office Wednesday afternoon.
The deployment between the United States and Mexico, at the request of the federal government, will happen later this year, the release states.
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The news comes about a week after Noem announced she would be sending up to 50 soldiers to