US deploys thousands more troops to the southern border

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : There are already approximately 2,500 troops at the border assisting Customs and Border Protection (CBP) as part of Joint Task Force-North, US Northern Command's border mission based out of El Paso, Texas.
56% : Trump promised during his 2024 campaign to have the military help with securing the southern border.
53% : Multiple reports detail the new directive and the Justice Department memo, written by Trump appointee and Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove.
52% : But the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is also creating task forces to work with local and state law enforcement authorities to have them enforce federal immigration laws.
39% : He also cited threats posed by international gangs and drug cartels, writing: 'It is the responsibility of the Justice Department to defend the Constitution and, accordingly, to lawfully executive the policies that the American people elected President Trump to implement.' Want more stories like this from the Daily Mail?
38% : President Trump is directing federal prosecutors to investigate state and city officials who resist his immigration enforcement efforts, a Justice Department memo instructs.
30% : Homan told Fox News there have been no CBP One App releases since Trump took office and claims that total apprehensions at the southern border dropped to 766 on Tuesday.
27% : Within 48 hours of Donald Trump taking office, the orders are being handed down for the military to further assist immigration officials deal with the border crisis.
19% : Trump has not ruled out using the military within America's borders to help round up illegal immigrants for his massive deportation operation.
18% : Bove's memo notes this is an additional way in which to enforce the flurry of executive orders Trump signed on illegal immigration already.
17% : Trump issued 10 executive orders on day one of his second term on Monday related to the southern border and the illegal immigration crisis.
16% : Trump's 'border czar' Tom Homan announced that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) already arrested 308 illegal migrants on Tuesday - including some charged with murder and child [sexual assault]. 'ICE is doing their job,' Homan said of the swiftly enacted operations.

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