Today is the day that a lot of Americans have been waiting for, and others don’t agree with. Today begins the first week of sending Army National Guard troops to the Mexican border to keep illegal immigrants from sneaking into the United States.

Eventually all bordering states, including California, Texas, and New Mexico will see deployment of troops as well. However, today approximately 30 soldiers were sent to the Arizona-Mexico border.

The borders are already protected by the U.S. Border Patrol, but the Obama Administration feels it’s necessary to deploy further authorities to the region. Obama authorized federal funding for the deployment back in May, and it was supposed to begin on August 1. However, there have been delays. By October, the entire Mexican border will be staffed by 524 U.S. National Guard soldiers.

It should be interesting to see if the 524 additional men and women will be enough to make a difference.