No word yet if troops on border will be armed

PHOENIX (AP) - U.S. officials say they have not determined yet whether National Guard troops sent to the border with Mexico to fight illegal immigration will be armed.

Marine Lt. Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie told reporters at the Pentagon Thursday that it has not yet been determined how many, if any, of the National Guard troops participating in the border security operation will be armed.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border had reached "a point of crisis" in his proclamation directing National Guard deployment to the border.

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen has said she had been working with governors of the southwest border states to develop agreements on where and how many Guardsmen will be deployed.