The White House adviser said that he did not have data to back Trump’s assertion that migrant women “are raped at levels that nobody has ever seen before”, but Bossert said rape was “the price of entry” for many seeking to cross the border.
Bossert added that the US and other countries “have to change the dynamic in the Western Hemisphere” to address the problem’s roots, Politico reported. After Trump’s order on April 4 to send the National Guard to the border, Texas began deploying 250 troops on April 6 with more slated to arrive this week.
Arizona plans to deploy 150 troops to the border this week. Other governors, including Democrats in Oregon and Montana, have said they will not participate.Trump has called for 2,000 to 4,000 new troops along the border to support the US Border Patrol and other law enforcement agencies. During their tenures, former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush also sent National Guard troops to the border.
