Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) designated National Guard troops on Monday to a newly formed state border force and called on them to 'repel' immigrants who are expected to cross illegally into the U.S. in record numbers in the coming weeks.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, right, holds a news conference as members of the Texas National Guard prepare to deploy.
Abbott said a similar strategy was conducted in December in El Paso. In more recent days, the National Guard identified and suppressed a surge near Brownsville, which borders the Mexican town of Matamoros and is near where a person drove into a group of people on Sunday. Title 42 is a policy coming to an end on Thursday evening that allows border agents to expel immigrants to Mexico rapidly. The policy was first implemented in March 2020 at the beginning of the pandemic to prevent the coronavirus from spreading in crowded detention centers.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon is sending 1,500 active-duty soldiers and Marines to the border. Abbott contends federal troops are only going to be"doing paperwork" and processing illegal immigrants for"catch and release" rather than turning people away on the front lines.
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