Biden authorizes sending 1,500 troops to U.S.-Mexico border ahead of Title 42 orders ending

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : President Biden on Thursday authorized sending 1,500 active duty soldiers to the U.S.-Mexico border for 90 days to aid U.S. Customs and Border Protection efforts to combat international drug trafficking.
54% : About 2,500 National Guard members on active duty orders are already stationed at all nine sectors of the southwest border doing detention and monitoring work with CBP, a U.S. official said Monday.
53% : The official said the 1,500 soldiers will fill critical "capability gaps," such as ground-based detention and monitoring, data entry and warehouse support, until CBP can replace them with contractors.
48% : The move comes ahead of the expected May 11 end of Title 42 orders, which were implemented amid the COVID-19 pandemic and prevented migrants from requesting asylum, allowing border agents to swiftly return many of them back to Mexico.
45% : The service members, who were requested by the Department of Homeland Security, will not perform any law enforcement work, the official said.

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