How many Guard troops are on the border now?
General Blum: There are 4,500 National Guard soldiers — army and air — in the states of California and Arizona and New Mexico and Texas, the southwest border states that are — each one, every one that’s there is an essential member of this Operation Jump Start team or they would not be there. These were sent there for the purpose of supporting or performing a function or delivering a capability, a military capability that was requested by the Customs and Border Patrol. And there are some people down there that enabled that effort to be sustained over the next two years. So there are some people in there that provide command and control, administrative logistics that are necessary to sustain that effort over the next two years. Question: Chief, about a month ago, we were told that the arrival of the Guard had allowed you to move 125 border agents back. And today you’re saying the number is 250. Chief Aguilar: Yes. Question: Where is that going? When the full 6,000 are there, or event
