Rep. Greg Murphy (R-N.C.) introduced legislation on Tuesday aimed at reassigning 95 percent of the National Guardsmen who are at the U.S. Capitol and sending them to the southern border to help with the “humanitarian crisis” there. Murphy’s Guard Our Border Act (pdf) comes as Capitol Police issued a statement recently saying there is no “known credible threat” to the U.S. Capitol. There is, however, a surge of illegal immigrants coming to the southern border, creating what Republicans and a few Democrats are calling a crisis. In February 2021, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) had 100,441 apprehensions of migrants at the southern border, a 173 percent increase compared to February 2020. “Our National Guard was formed to respond to states of national crisis in this country. The Capitol Police have acknowledged that there is presently no credible threat to our nation’s Capitol Building. Yet, because of this administration’s new policies, there is …