Nielsen orders Border Patrol agent 'surge' amid migrant influx
Source: The Hill
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen has ordered the deployment of more Customs and Border Protection (CBP) personnel to the U.S.-Mexico border, Nielsen announced Monday morning.
In a statement, the Department of Homeland Security said Nielsen has ordered CBP Commissioner Kevin McAleenan to implement emergency surge operations and accelerate the timeline for reallocating 750 officers to border patrol sectors affected by a recent influx of migrants.
Nielsen has also directed CBP to expand the Migrant Protection Protocols, a DHS plan to return migrants to Mexico while they wait for their day in immigration court.
Under Nielsen's directive, CBP will return hundreds more migrants per day to Mexico, including those caught at or between points of entry, according to DHS.
Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/department-of-homeland-security/436712-nielsen-orders-border-patrol-agent
vlyons
(10,252 posts)This is just all for show. To make it look like Trump is doing "something." It would be far more effective to send more judges to hear immigration cases and appeals. But noooo --- Trump wants to drag that out.
demmiblue
(36,865 posts)Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)it is just theater and posing for Fox Noise.
duhneece
(4,113 posts)Then tackle policy changes and comprehensive immigration reform
machoneman
(4,007 posts)that oh so neatly folds into Trumpian rhetoric. Gee, the timing is a tad suspect, eh?
Solly Mack
(90,773 posts)They want an incident.
Sure, it's all made-for-reality-TV antics - but that doesn't mean they don't also want bloodshed. If it bleeds, it leads.
llmart
(15,540 posts)That didn't work out so well for Donnie last time, did it.
What part of "you're not getting your wall" doesn't he understand?