Texas deployed a special border force on Monday to target 'hot spots' where migrants try to enter the United States illegally after sweeping COVID-19 restrictions at the Mexican border end this week, Governor Greg Abbott said.
Migrants cross the Rio Bravo river with the intention of turning themselves in to the U.S. Border Patrol agents, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico May 5, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/File Photo
Abbott, a Republican who has been fiercely critical of Democratic President Joe Biden's decision to end the Title 42 policy on Thursday, said members of the Texas Tactical Border Force, a new specially trained National Guard unit, were being loaded onto Black Hawk helicopters for deployment. A similar tactic was used in El Paso successfully last December, he said. In the last couple of days, he said, the National Guard identified and suppressed a surge in crossings at Brownsville, the same city where a driverThe elite National Guard team will focus on any such surges that occur, identifying crossing points and shutting them down, he said. They will have access to aircraft, boats, night vision equipment and riot gear, he said.
Its repeal is expected to lead to a rise in border arrivals as a result of pent-up demand and the perception among migrants - many of whom have traveled thousands of miles from places including Mexico, Central America and Venezuela - that they will be allowed in.
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