{"id":1923939,"date":"2023-05-04T02:40:23","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T06:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-decision-to-send-troops-to-border-met-with-mixed-reactions\/"},"modified":"2023-05-04T02:43:22","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T06:43:22","slug":"bidens-decision-to-send-troops-to-border-met-with-mixed-reactions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-decision-to-send-troops-to-border-met-with-mixed-reactions\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#8217;s troop deployment to the border receives mixed responses."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbidens-decision-to-send-troops-to-border-met-with-mixed-reactions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1923939&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>President Biden Sends Additional Troops to Mexican Border<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0503\/2d466341-fc9b-4e2b-93f8-9827fcc5ca54\/audio.mp3?length=4019949&#038;duration=335\"><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden&#8217;s decision to send 1,500 additional U.S. military personnel to the Mexican border has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gaza-un-director-retracts-praise-for-precision-of-idf-strikes-after-criticism-from-hamas\/\" title=\"Gaza UN Director Retracts Praise for \u2018Precision\u2019 of IDF Strikes After Criticism From Hamas\">received mixed reactions<\/a> from lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>The White House and Pentagon announced on May 2 that the executive branch would nearly double the number of troops working along the border, increasing that number to 4,000 from 2,500. The 1,500 new troops will serve in a limited capacity, performing data entry, tracking and surveillance, transportation, and other tasks.<\/p>\n<p>However, the troops going to the border won\u2019t be performing any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/far-left-cheers-as-homeless-group-seizes-hotel-near-tacoma-city-leaders-negotiating-with-group-as-police-refuse-to-intervene\/\" title=\"Far Left Cheers As Homeless Group Seizes Hotel Near Tacoma; City Leaders Negotiating With Group As Police Refuse To Intervene\">law enforcement action<\/a>. Their presence will likely free up Border Patrol agents to focus on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-gop-declares-invasion-at-southern-border\/\" title=\"Texas GOP Declares Invasion at Southern Border\">apprehending illegal aliens<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2829032\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2019\/03\/07\/US-Troops-1200x800.jpg\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2019\/03\/07\/US-Troops-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. Marines help build a concertina wire barricade at the U.S.\u2013Mexico border in preparation for the arrival of a caravan of migrants at the San Ysidro border crossing in San Diego on Nov. 13, 2018. (Reuters\/Mike Blake)\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p>The announcement comes ahead of the expected end of Title 42, a COVID-era immigration policy making it easier for illegal aliens to be turned away along the border. The end of the program is expected to heavily exacerbate a situation that has already left Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) struggling to keep up with limited resources.<\/p>\n<h3>Democrats and Republicans React Differently<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Democrats, who have in the past condemned similar executive actions, have largely been mum on the issue.<\/li>\n<li>Republicans, meanwhile, have said that the move is too little, too late, and won\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-decision-to-send-troops-to-border-met-with-mixed-reactions\/\" title=\"Biden's troop deployment to the border receives mixed responses.\">address larger border security issues<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In 2018, Democrats condemned a similar move by President Donald Trump; dozens of Democrat lawmakers at the time signed a letter condemning the decision. Democrats at the time described the move as \u201cnothing short of a militarization of the border to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/knowles-the-bad-faith-debate-over-cancel-culture\/\" title=\"KNOWLES: The Bad Faith Debate Over \u2018Cancel Culture\u2019\">score political points<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vice President Kamala Harris, whose administration is now doing the same, at the time called it \u201cinappropriate,\u201d \u201cpolitical,\u201d and \u201ca demonstration for TV cameras,\u201d while she was a U.S. senator from California.<\/p>\n<h2>Democrats and Republicans Disagree on the Move<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) decried the move in a statement as \u201cmilitarization of the border,\u201d which he called \u201cunacceptable.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) said of the decision, which he called \u201ca publicity stunt that does nothing to stop Joe Biden\u2019s border crisis.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, whose state bears the brunt of illegal immigration, agreed that the move won&#8217;t limit the expected surge in illegal migration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and others see political motives behind the move.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. lawmakers gave mixed reactions to President Joe Biden\u2019s decision to send 1,500 additional U.S. military personnel to the Mexican border. The White House and Pentagon announced on May 2 that the executive branch would nearly double the number of troops working along the border, increasing that number to 4,000 from 2,500. 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