Up to 800 additional US military personnel are being sent to the border with Mexico, but will play no role in stopping the latest surge in illegal migration to the United States, the Biden administration announced.
Active-duty personnel will focus on “logistics and other functions at the border to allow more Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents and officers to return to their core mission and responsibilities,” the Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday. the night.
In practice, that means the troops will help with migrant processing and paperwork that would otherwise bog down CBP agents needed in the field, and will not engage directly with new arrivals.
According to DHS, there are already 24,000 border agents and officers along the US-Mexico border, along with 2,500 members of the state National Guard.
The Pentagon announced on September 1 that up to 400 military personnel who were part of an initial deployment of 1,500 troops to the border in early May will remain through the end of the month.
The Biden administration has deployed about 800 new troops to help stem the current surge of migrants showing up at the southern border.
The new troops will assist the existing 24,000 border agents and officers stationed on the Texas-Mexico border. AFP via Getty Images
On Wednesday, more than 4,000 migrants crossed into Eagle Pass, Texas, prompting the overwhelmed city to declare a state of emergency.
Eagle Pass Mayor Rolando Salinas Jr. had declared the city’s public park “private property” in June so the state Department of Public Safety could arrest immigrants trespassing there.
In a social media post Wednesday night, Texas DPS spokesman Chris Olivarez said the mayor once again allowed police officers to arrest migrants crossing the river into the county’s Shelby Park. city.
The Biden administration also plans to accelerate the removal of families without legal status from the border.Getty Images
On Wednesday, more than 4,000 migrants crossed into Eagle Pass, Texas, prompting the overwhelmed city to declare a state of emergency. Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
“Due to the unprecedented influx of illegal immigrants crossing between ports of entry, DPS agents and @TXMilitary will regain control, support local, county and federal authorities, and maintain a law enforcement posture” , Olivarez wrote on the platform.
Speaking to News4SA, Democratic state Rep. Eddie Morales said he hopes the crackdown “resonates with the rest of the migrants who are still in Mexico or in Latin America, to send a strong message that if you cross, you will actually be arrested and prosecuted for trespassing.”
Wednesday’s move follows several new measures the administration has introduced to help combat the growing number of migrants crossing the border this summer.
The Department of Defense had already deployed 2,500 state National Guard troops. Getty Images
Active-duty personnel will focus on “logistics and other border functions,” according to the White House. Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
On Wednesday, the White House also announced that it will extend temporary protected status to nearly half a million Venezuelans currently in the United States.
Salinas told The Post this week that the new influx of migrants, many of them from Venezuela, has overrun Mission Border Hope, the only migrant shelter in Eagle Pass.
What’s more, Salinas said, the latter group, which represents about 50% of the city’s 29,000 residents, has “taken a toll on our local resources, especially our local police force and our fire department.”
The Biden administration also announced plans to improve the work authorization process for asylum seekers.AP
The administration has introduced several policies to help combat the growing number of migrants crossing the border this summer.Getty Images
On Wednesday, Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott accused the Biden administration of cutting barbed wire that the Lone Star State had installed in Eagle Pass.
“Texas installed barbed wire at Eagle Pass to stop illegal crossings”. Abbott explained in X, formerly known as Twitter. “Today the Biden administration CUT that cable, opening the floodgates to illegal immigrants.”
“I immediately deployed additional Texas National Guard to repel illegal crossings and install more razor wire,” Abbott added.
The governor later posted an image of a letter he sent directly to Biden in November 2022 and declared that the president’s policies led to “an invasion on our border.”
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