US troops deployed to border over migrants
By Story Agencies, May 12, 2023Several thousands of U.S. troops are being deployed along the U.S.-Mexico border, facing a chaotic surge of migrants as Title 42, a public health policy that allows swiftly expelling migrants during the Covid-19 pandemic, comes to an end on Thursday.
The Title 42 policy, introduced in March 2020 under then U.S. President Donald Trump and to end at 11:59 p.m. ET Thursday, has turned migrants back to Mexico more than 2.5 million times without letting them request asylum, according to the latest federal data.
About 2,500 U.S. National Guard troops have already been at the country’s southern border. The White House has said another 1,500 troops will be sent there before the end of this month.