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WASHINGTON—President Biden is planning to send 1,500 active-duty troops to the southern border in anticipation of Title 42 immigration restrictions lifting next week, U.S. officials said Tuesday.
The administration has been scrambling to prepare for what they expect will be a significant surge of migrants as the Title 42 policy ends on May 11, with illegal crossings potentially doubling to 10,000 or 11,000 per day in coming weeks. Title 42, the pandemic-era measure introduced by former President Donald Trump in 2020, allows migrants to be turned back to Mexico even if they ask for asylum.
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