Troops withdrawn

New York: New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has ordered most of the National Guard troops deployed at the state’s border with Mexico to withdraw, rejecting US President Donald Trump’s contention there was a border crisis.

Most of the 118 National Guard troops deployed in the state will be withdrawn, Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, said yesterday.

She called Trump’s frequent declarations of an immigration crisis at the border a ‘‘charade’’.

A small number of troops would remain in place to help with the ‘‘humanitarian needs’’ of communities near the border and vulnerable migrants, she said.