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Incredible border scenes as National Guardsmen flood El Paso and Humvees line banks of Rio Grande in preparation for up to 14,000 migrants a DAY when Title 42 expires Wednesday .
- A group of at least 100 Texas National Guard troops arrived at the border in El Paso, Texas overnightÂ
- Troops, holding rifles, formed a line of Humvees along the border and erected new fencing on the riverbank
- Comes after thousands of migrants crossed into El Paso over the last week
- Migrants are now forced to stand-off with National Guard after crossing the Rio Grande River
- Supreme Court ordered on Monday a stay temporarily blocking the Biden administration from ending Title 42Â
A huge Texas National Guard presence arrived at the southern border in El Paso overnight as the city prepares for an even larger influx of migrants once Title 42 ends and asylum-seekers are now forced to come face-to-face with troops if they want to pass into the U.S.Â
Troops holding rifles stood guard at the U.S. side of the border across from Ciudad Juárez, MexicoTuesday morning backdropped by a line of Humvees.
New fencing at the Rio Grande River bank was also erected to stop migrants from crossing after thousands came across in the last week. Migrants crossing into the U.S. at El Paso are now faced with a stand-off with National Guard troops.
What will happen at the border in the next 24 hours is up-in-the-air after the Supreme Court issued a stay Monday evening on the end of Title 42 – giving the Biden administration until 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday to respond.
The deadline is just hours before Title 42 was set to expire at the start of the day at midnight on Wednesday, December 21, just four days before Christmas…Â
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