Texas takes steps to ‘repel’ migrants

Texas will deploy military armoured personnel carriers along its border with Mexico as part of a plan to “repel” undocumented migrants trying to enter the United States, authorities said Monday.

The announcement came just a month before a Covid health measure blocking asylum seekers from entering the country ends, and which may lead to a surge of asylum seekers who are waiting in Mexico.

Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott has announced he will deal with that as though it were an “invasion.”

“The Texas National Guard ... is deploying x10 M113 Armored Personnel Carriers to the southern Texas-Mexico border, as well as increasing aircraft flights and security efforts,” said a Texas Military Department statement.