Biden sending 800 fresh troops to border — but not for enforcement
By Nika Shakhnazarova
Published Sep. 21, 2023, 3:09 p.m. ET
Up to 800 additional US military members are being sent to the Mexico border — but won’t play any role in stemming the latest surge of illegal migration into America, the Biden administration has announced.
The 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 night.
In practice, that means the troops will help with migrant processing and paperwork that would otherwise bog down CBP agents who are needed in the field — and won’t engage directly with the new arrivals.
There are already 24,000 border agents and officers along the US-Mexico frontier, along with 2,500 state National Guard personnel, according to DHS.
The Pentagon announced Sept. 1 that up to 400 military personnel who were part of an initial 1,500-strong deployment to the border in early May will remain through the end of the month.
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