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This was also on TV. The NG is unarmed at the border due to Posse Comitatus, so they are in an observation mode only. The armed Mexicans were drug runners who surged across the border, causing the NG to retreat since they had not way to defend themselves against armed invaders.
Do shots have to be fired to say that an invasion is armed? If there are a number of Mexicans running surging across the US Border, and they are armed, yes it is an armed invasion of people who are not entering this country legally.
Sad part is if I was on the border as a civilian, I could be legally armed. Some Minutemen are armed...legally. So why not the NG?

I say one way to help this influx of these people, is to arm the NG, and shoot when necessary.