Biden sends 1,500 troops to southern border ahead of migrant surge.

The US Department of Defense is deploying 1,500 active-duty troops to the southern border to provide operational support to US immigration authorities as they grapple with a sharp increase in migrant crossings ahead of the termination of pandemic-era migration restrictions. The military units will play a supporting role, assisting with transportation, administrative duties, narcotics detection, data entry, and warehouse support. The move to send military units to the southern border is designed to ease some of the pressure on Customs and Border Protection officials, who are preparing for a sharp increase in crossings once they can no longer expel migrants under Title 42, the public health restriction first enacted in March 2020.