Republican congressmen from Texas on Friday objected to the Obama administration plans to withdraw National Guard troops from the borders of Texas, New Mexico and California by the end of February.

The Texas Republicans also called on the Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection agency to cancel its planned restart of the Alien Transfer and Exit Program, under which illegal immigrants detained by police are sent from other states to Del Rio, Texas, to await transfer to Mexican authorities.

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