EL PASO, Texas — Military and state police have surged into the city in the past 24 hours and formed a line along the banks of the Rio Grande as a show of force hours ahead of when pandemic policy Title 42 could end and lead to increased migration over the border.
Texas National Guard soldiers and military vehicles, along with Department of Public Safety officers, arrived in El Paso Monday and were on guard on the south side of downtown by evening, a federal law enforcement agent revealed to the Washington Examiner Tuesday.
The particular spot where the backup forces arrived has seen groups of more than 1,000 people cross the border at a time over the past two weeks. In the past week, more than 10,000 immigrants who crossed the border illegally in El Paso were released onto the streets.Over the past week, approximately 13,000 noncitizens have been arrested by federal agents of the Border Patrol for illegally crossing in and around El Paso.
Abbott sent a letter to President Joe Biden Tuesday demanding that he surge federal personnel to the border.
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