The first step was the signing of several executive orders that limit the request for asylum and eliminate, in other things, the granting of citizenship to those born in the United States and who are children of undocumented parents or with a temporary immigration status – an issue that will be taken to court arguing unconstitutionality. Also the authorization of migrant raids in schools, colleges and churches.
This morning, the new Trump Administration ordered the sending of 1,500 additional soldiers – the Biden Government had already deployed 2,500 – to the US border with Mexico to control the flow of migrants. However, and according to an internal document to which the American newspaper has had access Trump’s plans for the border have only just begun.
This information document from United States Customs and Border Protection states that the mobilization of some 10,000 more soldiers to the southern border is being prepared. These troops will have as one of their missions to support Border Patrol agents, with new orders to close access to the asylum. On this occasion, migrants will be blocked from entering under the pretext of having traveled through countries where there are communicable diseases.
Soldiers will collaborate by making fences and military bases could be used as detention centers
According to this document, the tasks of the military who will reinforce the border also include the development and installation of additional fences and barriers to delay the entry of migrants. A measure that was already adopted during the republican’s first term with soldiers placing barbed wire along the border. However, the military will not perform any tasks involving law enforcement unless their need is later determined.
This plan also contemplates a significant deployment of materials and resources. The detention capacity of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement is being doubled. Construction is underway on four new temporary 10,000-bed facilities and 14 smaller sites that would house between 700 and 1,000 people. Another possibility would be for the Department of Defense to authorize the use of military bases as migrant detention centers.
