Texas Governor Sends Helicopters to Mexico Border and Promises to Toughen Laws

the governor of Texas (USA.), greg abbottannounced on Monday the deployment of a new unit of the National Guard that will operate with helicopters to prevent the entry of migrants from Mexico and announced that it is preparing laws to consider illegal entry a “serious crime” and allow the expulsion of migrants.

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In a press appearance from Austin, the Republican governor assured that the new unit is called the Tactical Border Force and specified that it will use helicopters of the type black hawk and C 130.

“They will be deployed at hot spots along the border to intercept, repel and return migrants attempting to enter the country illegally. Texas“, said.

Next Thursday is due Title 42a controversial immigration measure that allows, for health reasons related to the coronavirus pandemic, covid 19the hot expulsion of people who cross the border.

Abbott assured that he maintains 10,000 members of the National Guard deployed in the around 2,000 kilometers of the border, in addition to other security forces, and again accused the president Joe Biden of the situation at the border.

“We are dealing with an unprecedented number of people who have crossed the border and this year we will establish a new historical record“, said.

Thus, by the end of the month he wants to approve a new state law to declare the entry of immigrants a serious crime. A norm, he pointed out, that grants the authorities the power to “hold these people in jail for a felony or, alternatively, send them back to Mexico.”

He also declared that he will also consider penalizing with a minimum of ten years in prison those people who help “hide” to migrants without papers.

Source: Elcomercio

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