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New Mexico asks Guard troops to sub for sick teachers amid omicron
New Mexico is the first state in the nation to ask National Guard troops to serve as substitute teachers amid surging COVID-19 infections.
By Cedar Attanasio, The Associate Press
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Border Patrol union head calls National Guard deployment ‘a colossal waste of time’
The head of the Border Patrol union has called the deployment of National Guard soldiers to the border a waste of time, saying the soldiers are duplicating, not adding to, agents' efforts.
By Todd South