2023-12-19 02:59:56
The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reported that it will temporarily suspend the processing of trains coming from Mexico in Eagle Pass and El Paso, Texas, starting today, to allocate more personnel to the processing of undocumented migrants.
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In a statement, CBP said it continues to see an increased flow of migrants at the southwest border. It should be noted that the pause in operations joins the one ordered at the pedestrian crossing of the border port of San Ysidro, California, and that of Lukeville, Arizona, where Governor Kattie Hobbs authorized the sending of National Guard soldiers to help to the management of immigrants.
He added that they have detected a resurgence in the transfer of migrants on freight trains by smugglers, so they are taking additional measures in partnership with Mexican authorities.
According to what was reported, with the suspension of operations at the two Texas ports, the reassigned officers will support the Border Patrol to take the migrants into custody.
As detailed, CBP added that, in response to this increased flow, the agency will continue to “strengthen all available resources to process migrants expeditiously and safely.”
The closures were ordered just as President Joe Biden’s Democratic administration is in negotiations with opposition senators to toughen the asylum system in exchange for their support for spending more than $60 billion.
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