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Pentagon Sending Active-Duty Troops to US-Mexico Border

Active-duty troops begin arriving at US-Mexico border in Texas and California to combat migrant crisis

Active-duty military personnel began arriving along the southern border Thursday evening after President Donald Trump declared a national emergency to address the immigration crisis.

The Associated Press on MSN · 9h

US active duty troops beginning to arrive in Texas and San Diego to support border security

Active duty military troops will begin arriving in El Paso, Texas, and San Diego on Thursday evening, in what defense officials said is the first batch of the new forces being deployed to secure the southern border.

Newsweek · 1d

Pentagon Sending Active-Duty Troops to US-Mexico Border: What to Know

The move enacts President Trump's executive orders issued shortly after he took office to intensify immigration enforcement.

The Hill2d

Trump authorizes military deployment plan to border in executive order

And he has ordered a steady planning requirement to maintain border operations. The executive order does not establish how many or which types of troops would be deployed, whether active-duty ...

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Trump will issue executive orders to remake immigration policies; legal, logistical questions remain

Sending troops to the border is a strategy that Trump has used before as has President Joe Biden. In 2018, Trump deployed 800 active-duty troops to assist Border Patrol personnel in ...

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Trump promises at inauguration to send more troops to US-Mexico border

He first deployed the National Guard to the southwest border in April 2018, then supplemented them with active-duty troops seven months later. The use of troops was later criticized by the ...