is to relieve CBP from being the sole government agency to process and care for the unaccompanied youth in the immediate aftermath of their detention. The former chief of the National Guard echoed Aguilar's sentiment. That measure alone will not solve the current problem. It is far more complex and it requires a unity approach that incorporates state, local and federal resources, said retired Lt. Gen. H. Steven Blum. When will this take place and for how long ? The troops will be immediately deployed over the next 30 days, according to Nichols. How long they will remain is unknown. Perry is asking the federal government to hire and train an additional 3,000 border patrol agents to replace the National Guard. That part of the plan is up to Congress and the comprehensive immigration plan which would have provided more resources for border security is stalled in the House, and neither body has yet unveiled how they would solve the current border crisis. Is politics playing a role ? Perry is considering another presidential run in 2016. He previewed his National Guard plan in Iowa, a key presidential nominating state, over the weekend and announced it the next day. Perry has some reconciling to do within a Republican Party that has used the current border crisis to move to the right on the issue. CNN political analyst and National Journal editorial director Ron Brownstein said