good evening, we begin tonight, keeping them honest the biden administration s 1500 troops to the border of mexico. the move is aimed at freeing up resources so customs and border protection officers can cope the expected surge of migrants when a trump era policy expires next week. the policy was called title 42 and it allowed authorities to quickly expel certain migrants using the covid pandemic has a reason. the new troops will join 2500 others who were sent to the border last fall because, clearly, there is a problem. but there isn t, not now and not for decades is a comprehensive solution at least not one that enough people in both parties can get behind. the administration tried sending a comprehensive immigration reform bill to congress on day one, january 20th, 2021. that went nowhere, so, instead like so many others before him president biden is taking a series of far smaller steps while trying to paint those-limited measures in the best possible light. which raises a
it. thanks. next, to the border in el paso texas, house the city of el paso preparing for the expected surge? you know, let me show you around so you could see, anderson, because the city is under a disaster declaration and you could see that there are hundreds of migrants that are on the streets here. now, what the city is doing is that they re providing porta-potties, handwashing a shins, and also they come out and clean up the streets every single day because one of the risk concerns, of course, as public health and also public safety. now, one of the things that they point out is that there are a lot of individuals that are out on the street. and you re wondering, well, why doesn t this disaster declaration, which usually freezes up money help these individuals who will need shelter. well, here s the answer. fema money only allows the city of el paso to help individuals who have turned themselves into border authorities. and i ve been processed in some sort of way. the problem an