For National Guard, a new mission along the border
Border-state legislators from both parties - particularly after the Dec. 14 killing of a Border Patrol agent just north of Nogales - say they view the U.S. military presence as a long-term necessity, despite rules that mostly limit the Guardsmen to watching the fence line and prevent them from making arrests or seizing drugs. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/04/AR2011010405296.html