The Biden administration is planning to send 1,500 more active-duty troops temporarily to the southern border to assist agents ahead of an expected influx of migrants seeking asylum.
Joe Biden is fond of blaming the border crisis on Donald Trump.
“The president inherited a mess because of what the last administration did. We inherited a mess. And, you know, Republicans in Congress made it worse by blocking comprehensive immigration reform,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in the runup to Biden’s controlled photo op visit to Texas in January.
That isn’t stopping him from taking a page from Trump’s border security playbook for himself.
According to Politico, the Biden administration is planning to send 1,500 more active-duty troops temporarily to the southern border to assist agents ahead of an expected influx of migrants seeking asylum, three U.S. officials said Tuesday.
The move comes as Title 42, the public health law that permits the U.S. to deny asylum and migrations claims for public health reasons, is set to expire on May 11. This is expected to produce a surge of immigrants to the border.
