As pandemic-era Title 42 restrictions are coming to a close, the Biden administration is sending 1,500 troops to assist agents on the southern border with Mexico.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claimed that President Biden's border security policies have brought illegal immigration down by more than 90%.ahead of expiring pandemic-era Title 42 restrictions.
Biden explained that troops would be sent to"free up the border agents that need to be on the border." FILE - President Biden walks along a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso Texas, Jan. 8, 2023. The Biden administration has requested 1,500 troops for the U.S.-Mexico border amid an expected migrant surge following the end of pandemic-era restrictions.The troops"will not be performing law enforcement functions or interacting with immigrants, or migrants," she said earlier this month."This will free up Border Patrol agents to perform their critical law enforcement duties.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will look to backfill with National Guard or Reserve troops during that period, per Pentagon spokesman Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder. There are already 2,500 National Guard members at the border.
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