National Guard units are under Federal control. Governors have to ask permission to use them. Every Southern state needs to seriously consider forming a ARMED state Defence Force to protect it’s borders.
Incorrect. The National Guard units are STATE run entities. Up until the 1980’s, when President Reagan issued an EO changing the way things worked, the president had to ask permission from the governors to use them. Except when they are mobilized by the president, their commanders in chief is the governor of their respective states.