. GovAbbott activates 'Texas Tactical Border Force,' 545 more National Guardsmen deployed before Title 42 expires
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, left, shakes hands with members of the Texas National Guard as they prepare to deploy to the Texas-Mexico border in Austin, Texas, Monday, May 8, 2023. The Title 42 policy is set to expire Thursday.
"These additional forces will bolster the thousands of Texas National Guard service members already assisting local and state law enforcement agencies to secure the border; stop the smuggling of drugs, weapons and people into Texas; and prevent, detect, and interdictbetween the ports of entry," the Texas National Guard said in a statement Monday.
Members of the Texas National Guard install a barbed-wire barrier on the border between El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juárez, as seen from Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Title 42 will expire Thursday.laying down a welcome mat to people across the entire world saying that the United States border is wide open, and it will lead to an incredible amount of people coming across the border illegally.
"According to the Biden administration itself, they anticipate about 13,000 people coming across the border illegally, every single day," the governor added."If you extend that out over the course of a year, it means it will be about 4,700,000 people coming across the border a year. That will mean there will be more people coming across the border illegally than there are residents of the massive city of Chicago.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott holds a news conference as members of the Texas National Guard prepare to deploy to the border.
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