Governor Perry deploys National Guard, Broader issues raised in Central America

Texas Governor Rick Perry announced this week that he would deploy 1000 National Guard troops to deal with the crisis at the Texas border. This raised a variety of issues (including the impact on Perry's potential run for president), particularly what kind of coordination there might be with the Border Patrol, if the Guard troops would have the authority to arrest people caught crossing the border, the impact on children crossing the border, etc...Fusion news raised a set of questions as well:

6 Questions We Have About Gov. Rick Perry’s Border Plan

Major General Nichols of the Texas National Guard held a press briefing on Tuesday hoping to clarify the role of the Guard and raising the hope that many of the troops would volunteer for the duty:

Texas Hoping National & State Guard Troops Will Choose To Go To Border

The New York Times raised the issue of arrest power:

National Guard in Texas Could Get Arrest Power

and "Government Executive" explored the options of action on the border:

What Would the National Guard Actually Do at the Border?

Meanwhile President Obama is also considering deploying the National Guard at the border:

Obama Sends Team To Texas To Assess Need For National Guard Deployment

In Washington, DC, the Wilson Center's Latin American Program is doing a series of reports and panels on the issue of migrants from Central America. This included a panel with the foreign ministers from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras discussing issues of violence, transnational criminal organizations, and what can be done to deal with the underlying factors that are driving migrants to the U.S. [panel starts at 10 minute point]

Broadcast live streaming video on Ustream

The Immigration Policy Center has set up a resource page:

Unaccompanied Children: A Resource Page

I'll end today's blog post with an interesting editorial from the Baptist Standard:

Editorial: What are we going to do about all those children?