The United States will temporarily send about 1,500 soldiers to the border with Mexico for 90 days to strengthen the border patrol apparatus, where the migration wave is expected to increase, the EFE agency reported on Tuesday, citing Agerpres. .

However, the soldiers will not be performing “law enforcement” activities, and their deployment to the Mexican border is at the request of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

The decision comes as the United States prepares for an increase in the number of migrants arriving at the border after May 11 repealed Section 42, a legal provision that allows the rapid deportation of migrants in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Asylum processing centers in Colombia and Guatemala

Last week, Washington announced a series of measures aimed at reducing the wave of migrants after May 11. One of them is the creation of centers in Colombia and Guatemala, which will process the asylum requests of migrants trying to reach the United States. Canada and Spain have also agreed to accept migrants from these centers.

In the first reaction since Washington announced the deployment of troops to the border, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said his country “respects” the decision.

“This is part of his duties, this is an independent, sovereign government, they make decisions, and we respect them,” the Mexican president commented.