The US is sending fifteen hundred more troops to the Mexican border ahead of an expected surge in migrants. The deployment of military personnel is slated to last for ninety days. COVID-19 restrictions have allowed US officials to turn away tens of thousands of migrants at the border. But the already record number of people crossing into the US is expected to rise further when the pandemic restrictions are lifted on Thursday next week.

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