{"id":2020396,"date":"2023-09-02T15:57:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T19:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-to-keep-400-troops-at-border-as-illegal-crossings-approached-180000-in-august\/"},"modified":"2023-09-02T15:57:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T19:57:54","slug":"pentagon-to-keep-400-troops-at-border-as-illegal-crossings-approached-180000-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-to-keep-400-troops-at-border-as-illegal-crossings-approached-180000-in-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon retains 400 troops at border as illegal crossings near 180,000 in August."},"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\">26<\/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%2Fpentagon-to-keep-400-troops-at-border-as-illegal-crossings-approached-180000-in-august%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=2020396&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>The\u200d Pentagon Maintains Troop Presence \u2062at Southern Border<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/pentagon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pentagon<\/a> has confirmed that approximately \u2063400\u200c troops will \u2063remain stationed at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/southern-border\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">southern\u2064 border<\/a> as a response to the ongoing influx of illegal\u200b crossings into the United States.<\/p>\n<p>These troops are part of a larger group of 1,500 personnel who were deployed as foreign nationals surged across the border leading up to the expiration \u200dof Title 42, a policy implemented\u200d during the Trump administration that allowed Border Protection to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-to-keep-400-troops-at-border-as-illegal-crossings-approached-180000-in-august\/\" title=\"Pentagon retains 400 troops at border as illegal crossings near 180,000 in August.\">turn back illegal immigrants due<\/a> \u2062to COVID concerns.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOn August 24, 2023, the Secretary of Defense approved an\u2062 extension\u200b of up to 400 personnel \u2064providing support to Customs and \u2064Border Protection on the Southwest\u200c border through September 30, 2023,\u201d Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Devin T. Robinson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/national-security\/us-troops-will-stay-southern-border-sept-30-rcna102891#:~:text=%E2%80%9COn%20August%2024%2C%202023%2C,Col.%20Devin%20T.%20Robinson.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">told<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  \u2064 NBC.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite the continued\u2063 high\u2064 number of \u200cborder crossings, \u200cthe Pentagon has sent \u200bback 1,100 troops who had been stationed at \u200dthe border since May. In August 2023 alone,\u200c approximately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/09\/01\/us\/politics\/migrant-families-border-biden.html#:~:text=The%20number%20of%20migrant%20families,previous%20month%20to%20about%20177%2C000.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">177,000 individuals<\/a> were arrested for illegally entering the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Homeland Security \u200cexpressed gratitude to the Department of Defense \u200dfor extending the stay\u2063 of some troops, acknowledging their critical role in allowing Customs and Border Protection agents to effectively manage the \u200bborder.<\/p>\n<p>Recent data reveals that a record-breaking number\u2063 of 91,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-leaders-sound-the-alarm-on-illegal-immigration\/\" title=\"GOP leaders sound the alarm on illegal immigration\">000 illegal immigrants crossed<\/a> the \u2064border in family groups, surpassing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bloomberg-biden-sets-new-record-taking-dark-money-donations\/\" title=\"Bloomberg: Biden sets new record taking dark money donations\">previous record set<\/a> in May 2019. Additionally, the number of\u2063 children \u2063crossing per \u200dday increased\u200d from 270 in \u200dJuly to 377 in August.<\/p>\n<p>The HHS Office of Refuge Resettlement (ORR) currently has over 10,000 children \u2063in custody, prompting the need for additional \u200bbed capacity and services.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhile ORR has worked to build up \u2064its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/not-our-problem-iowa-governor-rejects-white-house-plea-to-house-child-migrants-as-admin-flies-kids-cross-country\/\" title=\"\u2018Not Our Problem\u2019: Iowa Governor Rejects White House Plea To House Child Migrants As Admin Flies Kids Cross-Country\">licensed bed capacity<\/a>,\u200c additional capacity is urgently needed to manage the increasing numbers of unaccompanied children referrals from \u2063DHS. In preparation for the potential need for additional beds and to provide \u2064services and care that align with child welfare best practices, HHS opened several Influx Care Facilities (ICFs), which offer the full range of services offered in ORR\u2019s network of care,\u201d the office said in a fact \u200dsheet.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite claims from \u2063White\u2063 House Press\u200d Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre that the\u200b Biden administration is effectively addressing \u2063the border \u2062crisis, illegal border crossings have \u200dsurged under this administration. Since\u2064 Biden \u2064took office\u200d in 2021, an estimated <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/05\/15\/1-5m-gotaways-have-slipped-into-the-us-under-biden-three-times-as-many-as-during-3-years-of-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1.5 million \u2062illegal immigrants<\/a> have evaded capture, compared to 415,000 reported gotaways during the Trump administration from 2018 to 2020. Fiscal year 2022 saw a record high in illegal\u2064 border crossings.<\/p>\n<p><em>Spencer Lindquist contributed to this\u2062 report.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Get the DailyWire+ App for \u2064Exclusive Content<\/h3>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1693504018745000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1RMMjCvCBOBYdpkw5O_njE\">CLICK HERE TO \u2064GET THE\u200c DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pentagon will maintain approximately 400 troops at the southern border, as illegal crossings into the U.S. persist. These troops were among the 1,500 deployed when foreign nationals surged across the border.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":2020397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2020396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2020396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2020397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2020396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2020396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2020396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}