Gov. Mike Kehoe is weighing a request from the Trump administration to deploy the state’s National Guard to support federal immigration enforcement in Missouri.

If the request is approved, Guard members would help handle administrative and logistical tasks for Immigration and Customs Enforcement — not make arrests — according to Kehoe’s spokesperson Gabby Picard.

A spokesperson for the Department of Defense said assistance could include case management, transportation and clerical support for the in and out processing of detainees without legal status.

The Missouri National Guard did not respond to a question on how many troops were requested by the administration.

The request follows a July 25 order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that brought members of military under the command o

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