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A total of 800 troops are being sent to the south border to assist in stemming the migration influx. The Hill reports the 800 active-duty personnel will focus on “logistics and other functions at the border to allow more Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents and officers to return to their core mission and responsibilities.” Veuer’s Maria Mercedes Galuppo has the story.

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00:00 A total of 800 troops are being sent to the southern border to assist in stemming the
00:05 migration influx.
00:06 The Hill reports the 800 active duty personnel will focus on logistics and other functions
00:12 at the border to allow more Customs and Border Protection agents and officers to return to
00:17 their core mission and responsibilities.
00:20 The Biden administration is currently taking new steps to help curb an increase in migration
00:25 at the southern border.
00:26 The number of border encounters had fallen in the month of June following the rolling
00:31 back of Title 42.
00:33 CNN reports the Biden administration will expand a form of humanitarian relief to Venezuelans
00:39 already in the United States, granting temporary legal status to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans,
00:45 quickly making them eligible to work.
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