evidence: Some of the Republican governors who signed the January 2024 joint statement previously sent relatively small deployments of their state National Guard units to assist with border security, including Ivey, Dunleavy, Sanders, DeSantis, Kemp, Reynolds, Reeves, Parson, Gianforte, Pillen, Sununu, Burgum, DeWine, Stitt, McMaster, Noem, Lee, Cox, Youngkin and Justice.