Hey, I'm Romteen Arab, Louis.

I'm Randad Dutfette.

And on this episode of Thurline from MPR.

A quick trip through more than 150 years at the US Mexico divide.

And a closer look at government responses to the border.

So, we're going to be signing today and registering national emergency.

And it's a great thing to do.

In February, after the longest government shutdown in American history,

President Trump declared a national emergency at the US Mexico border.

Because we have an invasion of drugs, invasion of gangs, invasion of people.

In response to what he's called, a crisis of illegal border crossings.

And what we really want to do is simple.

It's not like it's complicated, it's very simple.

We want to stop drugs from coming into our country.

The proposed border wall has been a central part of his agenda since the 2016 campaign.

And since then, his administration has come up with a bunch of other controversial policies,

like family separation.

President Trump has said the situation at the US Mexico border is urgent

and he has ordered the National Guard to deploy.

Until we can have a wall in proper security,

we're going to be guarding our border with the military.

That's a big step.

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