A soldier from the 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss, Texas, conducts observations along the international border near Nogales, Ariz., Feb. 27, 2019. (Keith Anderson/U.S. Army) As many as 3,000 troops will be deployed along the U.S. border with Mexico until Sept. 30, 2022, stretching the military’s mission there into a fourth year, the chief Pentagon…
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As the migrant caravan continues to plod across Mexico, some experts predict they may make it to the US southern border sooner rather than later. To prepare for their arrival, the Defense Department has been stepping up deployment of troops to the border region. As the Trump administration has sparred with federal judges in its…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he’ll send as many as 4,000 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border until Congress relents on his demands for a massive border wall. “Anywhere from 2,000 to 4,000,” he told reporters aboard Air Force One as he returned from a quick visit to West Virginia, adding that “we’ll probably keep…