President Biden has ordered more troops to help Homeland’s Custons Border Patrol cops….
The troop’s will join a few thousand already there….
US Military troops are forbidden to act as enforcers of Immingration law and will only ‘assist’ the Border cops…..
The 90-day deployment of active-duty troops will supplement the work of the US border patrol but will not carry out law enforcement duties, said Brig Gen Pat Ryder, a Pentagon spokesperson, in a statement.
The force will be in addition to an ongoing deployment of about 2,500 national guard troops.
The deployment comes as the Title 42 restrictions, which allow US authorities to rapidly expel non-Mexican migrants to Mexico without the chance to seek asylum, are set to end on 11 May. Donald Trump activated the policies during the pandemic and Biden had expanded the controversial public health measure, despite criticism from immigration advocates…
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The 1,500 troops could arrive at the US-Mexico border by 10 May, Ryder said during a briefing. They will conduct ground-based monitoring, data entry and warehouse support to free up border agents and “fill critical capability gaps”, he said.
The Pentagon is looking at ways to replace the active-duty personnel with those from the reserve force, he said.
When asked about the troop deployment in a news conference, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the Mexican president, said the US is a sovereign nation and that Mexico respects its decisions.
The US has used military troops at the border during previous presidential administrations, including Republican George W Bush, Democrat Barack Obama and Trump, who deployed thousands of active-duty and national guard troops…..
Details…..
Active-duty Marines, soldiers and some airmen will begin arriving at the southern border to perform logistical tasks Wednesday, one day before the expiration of Title 42.
“The specific timeline for deployments is still being determined, however, the initial active-duty military personnel will be on the ground on or about May 10, 2023,” US Northern Command said in a statement.
“The majority of active duty personnel will come from the US Army and US Marines, although a small number of US Air Force personnel will also deploy.”
The troops will come from three battalion-size units — the 2nd Marine Regiment and Combat Logistics Battalion 2 of the 2nd Marine Division at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, as well as the 93rd Military Police Battalion of the 89th Military Police Brigade at Fort Bliss, Texas, according to NORTHCOM…..