The Pentagon announced Sunday Feb 03,2019 that it is sending about 3,750 more troops
to the U.S.-Mexico border as US President DonaldTrump continues to call for
stepping up security to turn back a surge of Central American migrants.
US President Donald Trump referred to the approach of a caravan of about 3,500 Central American migrants as an "invasion" ahead of last November's midterm elections, and he sent the first wave of soldiers to back up border agents.
With the latest deployment, the U.S. will have approximately 4,350 troops supporting border agents.
The new deployment, approved by Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan three weeks ago, will last 90 days.
The soldiers are conducting surveillance and placing concertina wire between border entry points
US President Donald Trump referred to the approach of a caravan of about 3,500 Central American migrants as an "invasion" ahead of last November's midterm elections, and he sent the first wave of soldiers to back up border agents.
With the latest deployment, the U.S. will have approximately 4,350 troops supporting border agents.
The new deployment, approved by Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan three weeks ago, will last 90 days.
The soldiers are conducting surveillance and placing concertina wire between border entry points
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