The Trump administration will deploy 5,200 soldiers to
the U.S.-Mexico border as part of the newly launched Operation Secure
Line initiative to prepare for thousands of Central American migrants
headed north, Pentagon and Homeland Security officials announced Monday
afternoon.
Eight hundred of those troops have already been deployed from Fort Campbell and Fort Knox, according to U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command General Terrence John O'Shaughnessy.
The Department of Homeland Security last week deployed additional military personnel to the border as a caravan of people coming from Central America heads north.
The new wave of personnel will supplement the 2,100 National Guard troops already deployed to Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. Trump asked for the Guard's help in March when a 1,000-person caravan coming from Central America was reported.
Note EU=Digest: the Donald Trump Administration, it seems, has done away with the right for people to request asylum.
Read more: Trump sending 5,200 active duty troops to the border
Eight hundred of those troops have already been deployed from Fort Campbell and Fort Knox, according to U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command General Terrence John O'Shaughnessy.
The Department of Homeland Security last week deployed additional military personnel to the border as a caravan of people coming from Central America heads north.
The new wave of personnel will supplement the 2,100 National Guard troops already deployed to Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. Trump asked for the Guard's help in March when a 1,000-person caravan coming from Central America was reported.
Note EU=Digest: the Donald Trump Administration, it seems, has done away with the right for people to request asylum.
Read more: Trump sending 5,200 active duty troops to the border
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