5,000 US troops to deploy to US-Mexico border, report says

A fence along the U.S Mexican border west of Nogales, Arizona, on March 16, 2018. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
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The Pentagon is apparently set to deploy an additional 5,000 U.S. troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, officials announced Monday.

Troops would be sent from Texas, Arizona and California, the Wall Street Journal first reported.

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U.S. to deploy 5,000 troops to the southern border, up from initial estimates of 800, as a migrant caravan moves north in Mexico https://on.wsj.com/2PZSHXX 

9:46 AM - Oct 29, 2018

Military to Deploy 5,000 Troops to Southern Border, U.S. Officials Say

The U.S. military is deploying 5,000 troops to the southern border, U.S. officials say, an increase from the initial estimate of 800.

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