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Gov. John Bel Edwards says Louisiana National Guard members stationed in Texas will remain in the state, performing a mission "identical to those routinely performed upon request by the Louisiana National Guard since 2010."

Following requests for troop withdrawal from several governors in the wake of reports of children separated from immigrant families and detained by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection in warehouses in the state, Edwards says the Louisiana National Guard team ?*one helicopter and three National Guard members *stationed along the U.S.-Mexico border ? "plays no role, direct or indirect, in the ill-conceived policy of separating families."

Edwards says the team will remain in Texas through mid-July, after which they'll return to Louisiana to supplement "enhanced counter drug support" with local law enforcement and for Hurricane season preparation.

Governors in several states ? including*Connecticut, Delaware,*Maryland, Massachusetts, New York,*North Carolina, Rhode Island and Virginia *? have recalled their respective National Guard troops as a growing chorus of state and local officials respond to President Donald Trump's "zero tolerance" border policy as thousands of minors are held in cages and government warehouses while their parents and families are processed or prioritized for prosecution and deportation.

Edwards says the separation of families at the border "is an unconscionable practice that is inconsistent with our fundamental values as Americans."?