Gov. Andrew Cuomo, in a statement Monday, said New York will not deploy National Guard units to the southern border amid the heightened controversy surrounding migrant families being separated upon entry.

“In the face of this ongoing human tragedy, let me be very clear: New York will not be party to this inhumane treatment of immigrant families,” Cuomo said. “We will not deploy National Guard to the border, and we will not be complicit in a political agenda that governs by fear and division.”

It was not clear how many units were to be deployed to the border. The statement comes as Cuomo has been increasingly vocal in his push-back against President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, including the detention of an undocumented immigrant residing in New York who was detained after delivering a pizza to an Army base in New York City.

“Day after day, I am increasingly disturbed by the reports of disgraceful tactics used by ICE both in our own state and along our nation’s border,” Cuomo said. “I have called on the Acting Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security to investigate illegal and discriminatory ICE tactics in New York and to tell us what his office is doing about the assault on immigrant families along our border.”