Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tuesday ordered National Guard troops to assist federal immigration agents in a series of raids across the state.

Governor Sanders said the Arkansas National Guard will assist U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) under the federal Title 32 program, providing up to 40 unarmed personnel to support detainee transport, processing and clerical tasks across four Arkansas locations.

She said in a press release: "I look forward to our guardsmen working with the Trump Administration to enforce federal immigration law."

Why It Matters

The move places Arkansas among several Republican-led states that have agreed to mobilize Guard personnel to aid federal immigration enforcement, a step that highlights ongoing national disputes about the

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