A member of the Texas National Guard holds a gun during a news conference with Greg Abbott, governor of Texas, not pictured, in Mission, Texas, U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021. Abbott and Republican state chief executives from around the nation gathered at the border to again call attention to unauthorized immigration across the Rio Grande.
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'Political theater': National Guardsman on Abbott's border operation
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott's "Lone Star" border operation has been slammed as overtly political and a waste of resources by Democratic lawmakers since its start. Now, National Guard members participating in the mission join in the criticism. CNN's Priscilla Alvarez has the story.
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