US troops arrive at Mexico border as migration curbs set to end

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : Roughly 2,500 National Guard members are already spread across all sectors of the border, providing an array of support to CBP, including monitoring, detection and air transportation.
63% : The goal is to free up U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel to do law enforcement activities.
56% : Since Mexico shares a roughly 2,000-mile (3,200-kilometer) border with the United States, it's key to the success of any plans by the United States to control immigration at the southern border.
49% : At least some of the active duty troops will be used near El Paso, Texas, he said, while adding that CBP will decide where forces will go.
47% : U.S. and international law give migrants the right to seek asylum.
45% : However, the U.S. has used Title 42 of a public health law to expel migrants with no chance at asylum 2.8 million times since March 2020 on the grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19.
41% : The movement of troops is part of efforts to beef up security along the southern border as the U.S. prepares for the end of immigration restrictions linked to the coronavirus pandemic.

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