Biden admin deploys 800 troops to border to assist with migrant processing rather than stemming invasion The Biden administration recently announced plans to send an additional 800 U.S. military members to the southern border to assist with processing migrants but not to aid law enforcement efforts.
According to Biden’s Department of Homeland Security, the active-duty troops will “assist with 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.”
There are already 2,500 National Guard members deployed at the border to aid with paperwork and other processing operations, which would otherwise tie up Customs and Border Protection officers. The DHS reported that there are currently 24,000 Border Patrol agents along the southern border, and the deployment of troops will free them up to return to the field.
In recent weeks, the southern border has experienced a considerable increase in illegal crossings, largely due to inaccurate rumors spread on social media by Mexican drug cartels, according to border officials. Law enforcement officers told the New York Post that they believe the cartels are trying to overwhelm agents in order to smuggle drugs into the country.............
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