Why Send the Military to the Border? by Emmy Griffin

Title 42 is officially ending on May 11 and border cities in Texas, Arizona, California, and New Mexico are declaring a state of emergency. Title 42 was a COVID-era policy that gave border agents authority to turn away migrants.

There are thousands of illegals waiting in Mexico to attempt to cross the southern border once the policy is up. One source reported that authorities anticipate 15,000 people to cross illegally after the 11th. Another calculated that in Juárez, Mexico, alone, there are 10,000-12,000 migrants waiting to cross over. Still another article suggests that border cities might be facing “10,000 illegal crossings a day once Title 42 is no longer in effect.”

The Defense Department therefore is preparing to send 1,500 more personnel to the border. …

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