![]() ![]() These deployments are not unprecedented in recent years, but this one is notable since it coincides with an expected surge of border encounters.īiden administration’s plan to discourage border crossings They are meant to act in strictly administrative roles and not to aid in law enforcement, according to CNN’s report. The additional 1,500 active-duty troops being dispatched for 90 days by the Pentagon will join around 2,500 National Guard troops already on the border. ![]() US troops will not be in a law enforcement role They are at around 7,000 per day at the moment and are expected to rise dramatically, despite a warning from the State Department and DHS about a new, more punitive policy related to border crossings. Title 42 officially ends on May 11, when the Covid-19 public health emergency lapses.Įncounters between US border agents and undocumented immigrants had fallen early this year but have recently increased. It was kept in place by courts and used by the Biden administration. ![]() The surge of migrants is expected because Title 42, the Trump-era policy that allowed the government to quickly turn away certain migrants at the border during the Covid-19 pandemic, is expiring.
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