The state of emergency paves the way for the army to be deployed to patrol the borders and assist police in dealing with refugees, pending approval from parliament.
From midnight Hungarian time, it became a criminal offence to cross or damage a 13-foot razor-wire fence on the border with Serbia. Police also sealed a key crossing on a railway track that was used by tens of thousands of refugees, many of them from Syria. A record 9,380 migrants entered Hungary on Monday, beating Sunday's record of 5,809.
Hungary declares state of emergency amid migrant crisis
Good! Now it's time for the US to do that same thing with our borders.
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