Texas National Guard members stationed themselves and military vehicles on the concrete banks of the Rio Grande and erected concertina wire barriers in an attempt to turn back migrants from the U.S.
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Groups of men, women and children, many lightly clothed despite a forcecast calling for below-freezing temperatures this week, made it across the river to the U.S. but were held back by the wire and armed Guard members. Migrants cross the razor fence placed by elements of the Texas National Guard on the banks of the Rio Grande, in El Paso, Texas, US. border with Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico, on December 20, 2022. - Title 42, a President Donald Trump pandemic-era law that authorize United States border officials to expel migrants is supposed to end on December 21.
More than a dozen military vehicles as well as Texas' state police vehicles were seen along the border, and Guard members could be heard telling migrants to go to a port of entry. However, under the law currently in use on the border —The administration has been using a pandemic-era law introduced by former President Donald Trump to more quickly expel migrants without giving them the chance to apply for asylum.
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