The Title 42 measures were put in place at the start of the pandemic, in March 2020, giving U.S.
officials to turn away tens of thousands of migrants crossing the southern border, but those restrictions will lift May 11, and border officials are bracing for a surge. The covid-19 restrictions have allowed U.S. "This deployment to the border is consistent with other forms of military support to DHS over many years," Ryder said in a statement, referring to the Department of Homeland Security. Pat Ryder, a Pentagon spokesperson, told reporters that the troops would fill gaps in transportation, warehouse support, narcotics detection, data entry and other areas. Those figures do not include the Texas National Guard members mobilized for a state-led mission called Operation Lone Star.īrig. The 1,500 troops whose deployment was announced Tuesday will join another 2,500 service members already assigned to the southern border, a U.S. military personnel have augmented federal border operations for years. They will be deployed for 90 days, and will drawn from the Army and Marine Corps. "This will free up Border Patrol agents to perform their critical law enforcement duties." The troops "will not be performing law enforcement functions or interacting with immigrants, or migrants," Jean-Pierre said. Customs and Border Protection can focus on fieldwork, White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said Tuesday. Military personnel will do data entry, warehouse support and other administrative tasks so that U.S. WASHINGTON - The Biden administration will deploy 1,500 additional military personnel to augment security at the U.S.-Mexico border starting next week, ahead of an expected migrant surge following the end of coronavirus pandemic-era restrictions.
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