Troops Deployed To The Border Doing Mostly Data Entry Not Law Enforcement
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The United States is sending 1,500 US military personnel.
It is “to supplement” Border Patrol resources for 90 days.
The United States will be sending troops to the southern border with Mexico, the White House announced on May 2.
The move was unveiled ahead of an expected surge of illegal immigrants as pandemic restrictions, known as Title 42, are set to lift on May 11.
The southern border has been hammered over the past two years by an unprecedented influx of illegal immigrants, leaving border control authorities struggling to keep up with limited resources.
Pentagon press secretary Gen. Pat Ryder confirmed in a Tuesday press conference that the Pentagon would be sending 1,500 U.S. military personnel “to supplement” Border Patrol resources for 90 days. Ryder suggested this could be extended as the need arises.
According to a new report, the military personnel will be focusing mostly on “data entry” and not law enforcement.
The Foreign Desk News reported:
The arrival of military personnel at the southern border ahead of an expected migrant surge will have little operational impact, as the deployed workers will mainly focus on “data entry,” according to internal Department of Homeland Security communications reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon.
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According to one senior Homeland Security official, the memos show that the Biden administration is planning to let a large swath of migrants enter the country.
“The Biden administration is doing this so troops can put alien info into government databases and then Customs and Border Protection can then send them on their way,” the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told the Free Beacon.
When will the Biden administration finally secure the border?
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