The Brief: An Arresting Situation With the National Guard
![Adjutant General John Nichols of the Texas National Guard explains the Guard's role in helping secure the border as Gov. Rick Perry, l, and DPS Director Steve McCraw listen July 21, 2014.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141031031114im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/07/21/Nichols1_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg)
Can those National Guard troops being sent to the border arrest people? The latest word is they can. And the reason why is that Rick Perry sent them, and not the federal government.
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