Texas Guard commander got ‘raw deal’ from Abbott, other former top guardsmen say
Brig. Gen. Joyce Stevens received the Texas Army National Guard colors from Maj. Gen. Jose Mayorga in a change of command ceremony in 2017.Gov. Greg Abbott’s abrupt replacement of the Texas National Guard’s first female commander, Maj. Gen. Tracy Norris, in the wake of intense criticism over his border mission got a thumbs-down from two men who once had her job.
Abbott announced Monday that Norris was being immediately replaced by Maj. Gen. Thomas M. Suelzer. The Texas Guard didn’t respond when asked if Norris left on her own accord. Marty agreed the border effort should have been a federal mission but said Abbott had to make a decision, adding, “If the federal government is not going to do it, you take the initiative.” He said he wasn’t in a position to judge Norris’ performance.
The guard suggested Norris would not be included in a command-change salute traditionally held for outgoing and incoming guard leaders at Camp Mabry, its headquarters in Austin, saying, “An appropriate ceremony recognizing Maj. Gen. Suelzer’s new role as leader of the Texas Military Department is in the planning stages.”Mayorga said cutting Norris out of of a change-of-command ceremony would be “unfortunate,” adding, “I am sad for her.
Abbott launched the sprawling operation as a response to a surge of migrants in the spring of 2021, saying the Biden administration had failed to protect the state’s long border with Mexico. Guardsmen build and patrol stretches of fence on private land, which when breached give Texas Department of Public Safety troopers a basis to arrest and jail migrants for trespassing. In a highly unusual departure from past practice, Abbott authorized guardsmen to arrest migrants.
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