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Donald Trump will deploy more than 5,200 troops on the Mexican border in what a rights organization would describe as an abuse of the military to "advance its program of anti-immigrant fear and division."
The announcement, just days before the mid-term elections, Mexico also suppressed migrants trying to cross its own porous southern border.
General Terrence O. Shaughnessy, commander of the North American Command, announced that 800 US troops were already en route to Texas. the border and 5200 would be heading south-west by the end of the week, well above the initial forecast of 800 to 1,000.
According to the Pentagon, about 2,000 US troops have been deployed to Syria to fight the Islamic State.
"This is only the beginning of this operation," O'Shaughnessy told reporters. "We will continue to adjust the number and inform you. But know that this adds to the 2,092 employees already of our National Guard troops. "
Troops will provide" mission-building capabilities "at entry points in Texas, Arizona, and California, officials added," be armed. "They will also be using helicopters with vision capabilities
A caravan of several thousand Central American migrants – including whole families and the elderly – is moving slowly northward since mid-October and is now in the south of the country. They still have 2,000 kilometers of road and several weeks before arriving at an American entry point, where most of them should apply for asylum if the law
But Trump, who stirred up the anger and fear of illegal immigration to win the market The 2016 presidential election seized the caravan during the electoral rallies preceding the polls. mid-term next week, in the hope that the issue will again benefit from its support.
On Monday, he warned that the army would wait. "Many gang members and very bad people are part of the Caravan heading to our southern border," Trump told Twitter. "Please, go back, you will not be admitted to the United States unless you go through the legal process. It's an invasion of our country and our military are waiting for you! "
The American Civil Liberties Union condemned this measure, calling it political expediency.
Shaw Drake, political advisor of his center for human rights El Paso (Texas) said: "President Trump has chosen, just before the midterm elections, to force the army to continue his program of fear and division against anti-immigrants. is nothing more than Trump's latest aggression against immigrant families with children who seek our protection.These migrants need water, diapers and necessities – not a division of the army. "
Drake added:" The sending of active military forces to our southern border not only represents a huge waste of taxpayer money, but also a pointless course of terrorizing and militarize our border communities. t prohibits military members from participating in the enforcement of immigration legislation, and no emergency badysis or cost-benefit badysis justifies this sudden deployment.
Mexico is also strengthening security on its southern border, where migrants often use rafts. to cross the Suchiate River.
On Monday, Mexican marines patrolled the river as people tried to swim and sneak through.
Video shared with the Guardian shows a sailor in a motorboat screaming in a megaphone: saving lives and providing humanitarian badistance. Fluvial conditions are not optimal for swimming.
<img clbad = "gu-image" itemprop = "contentUrl" alt = "A helicopter from the Mexican Federal Police flies over the Suchiate River connecting Mexico and Guatemala to create a demotion force to discourage a new Central American migrant group A helicopter from the Mexican Federal Police is flying near the Suchiate River to create a downstream descent force to discourage migrants from wading on Monday Photo: Santiago Billy / AP
Another video posted on social networks shows a government helicopter hovering low over water, creating turbulent conditions for immigrants attempting to cross the river.
On Sunday, a migrant died of the consequences of a rubber bullet while he was Mexican. Federal police repelled another group of migrants who were trying to enter the country through the international bridge.
The Mexican Minister of the Interior, Alfonso Navarrete, said Sunday evening that the police were equipped with no such weapon and that it had been attacked when immigrants had thrown stones. , bottles and firecrackers. The Guatemalan Interior Ministry said that the group attempting to cross the border had wounded the Guatemalan police and used children as a human shield.
Mexico regularly complains about the treatment of its own citizens living in the United States without identity papers, but who has been detaining and deporting Central America in large numbers since 2014.
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