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State National Guards ordinarily fall under the control of their respective governors, but they can be federalized by a mechanism known as Title 10 status, which places them at the direct disposal of the president and defense secretary, with active duty officers taking over day-to-day command.
In 1957, the Eisenhower administration federalized the Arkansas National Guard after the state's governor ordered them to prevent Black students from attending the Little Rock Central High School during the segregation era. Under federal control, the Arkansas National Guard, together with federal troops from the 101st Airborne Division, instead ensured the students were able to attend the school.
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The Texas Nationalist Movement (TNM) is campaigning for the Lone Star State to break away from the United States and become a fully independent country, using what it regards as the federal government's failure to control the Texan-Mexican border as one justification.
If Biden does federalize the Texas National Guard, Daniel Miller, the TNM president, is urging Abbott to massively expand and militarize the Texas State Guard and deploy them to the southern border instead.
Speaking to Newsweek,Tray Gober, a Texas-based trial attorney and managing partner at law firm Lee, Gober & Reyna, said it would be a mistake for Abbott to defy Monday's Supreme Court ruling on removing razor-wire from the border.
