At least 17 Texas National Guardsman have died patrolling the southern border, including several suicides

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At least 17 Texas National Guardsman have died patrolling the southern border, including several suicides

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has mobilized thousands of National Guard troops to the southern border over the past three years to deter illegal migration. The mobilization has taken a toll on some soldiers.

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Houston—Tom Homan, a hard-line immigration supporter chosen by President-elect Donald Trump to be his “lander of the border,” climbed into a helicopter last week, while Governor Greg Abbott made an aerial tour of everything Texas had done to prevent people from crossing illegally from Mexico. There is a newly built camp for the Texas National Guard, whose mission at the border has been much like a military deployment. Nearby, a buoy barrier on t…