BREAKING: Daily attempts by undocumented immigrants to cross into the US from Mexico over the past month surpassed daily averages not seen since fiscal year 2006, according to US Customs and Border Protection data obtained by NBCNews.
The U.S. officials and a DHS official told NBC News they are working on a plan that would allow defense funds and personnel to be used in transporting immigrants in need of medical transport. The request from DHS includes the use of DOD land to build facilities that would house detained migrants while awaiting deportation or an asylum hearing.
Those troops do not have direct involvement with immigrants, and Defense officials are wary of having uniformed military personnel come in contact with or transport migrants, two officials told NBC News. Undocumented immigrants crossing now, including those presenting themselves at legal ports of entry and those apprehended while crossing illegally, are overwhelmingly families. For example, on March 12, CBP encountered 2,022 migrants who arrived as part of families, meaning children and parents traveling together, out of a total of 3,834 migrants crossing that day.Children present new challenges for U.S. border agents.
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