Greg Abbott, the Republican governor of Texas, has announced an additional military border reinforcement against illegal migrants in his state. The announcement comes shortly before the end of the rapid deportation rule, which was introduced under former President Donald Trump’s administration.
At a press conference in Austin, Abbott announced that the new Texas Tactical Border Force unit will deploy specially trained soldiers to “hot spots” along the border “to intercept, reject and return migrants trying to enter Texas illegally. to send”.
The reason for the deployment of new troops is the end of the ‘Title 42’ rule. It was introduced at the time of Trump and made it possible to immediately return most migrants who illegally enter the country at the border with Mexico.
The US government expects the already tense relationship with South America to worsen as the number of people wanting to come to the US rises. Washington has therefore announced extensive measures, such as the deployment of additional soldiers at the border, the outsourcing of the initial registration of asylum seekers to Colombia and Guatemala and the reintroduction of the Title 8 rule, which provides for a five-year return ban in the event of illegal immigration.
Yet conservative politicians accuse Democratic President Joe Biden of being too lax on border security in an effort to score points with voters. His government has repeatedly warned people not to cross the border illegally. “The border is not open, it was not open and it will not be open after May 11,” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said on Friday.
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