Resume and expand Operation Jump Start (OJS)
OJS was launched in June 2006 as a joint initiative of the Defense Department and the Governors of Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas. As part of this two-year operation, thousands of National Guard troops were trained and placed along the U.S.-Mexico border to help curb illegal immigration to the United States. OJS relied on the National Guard to assist with border fence construction and detect illegal entrants through surveillance, leaving the actual law enforcement to Border Patrol as the leading agency.