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The U.S. military will have an actual force of up to 14,000 ready to intervene at the southern border with Mexico, including an additional 7,000 planned deployment in reserves on round-the-clock standby.
The Pentagon announced Monday that it will send up to 5,200 troops to the border ahead of the anticipated arrival of a caravan of Central American migrants that President Donald Trump has warned would not be able to enter the country. These troops, which "are in fact deploying with weapons" will join up to 2,000 National Guards already at the border for a combined force of about 7,200—or about the same amount of U.S. soldiers involved in the battle against the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) in Iraq and Syria.
In addition, a U.S. Defense Department official with knowledge of the deployment—known officially as Operation Faithful Patriot—told Newsweek that "the units deployed right now are of actual strength between 5,000 and 7,000. With another 7,000 on standby on 24-hour notice."Read the full story HERE and follow link below to a related story:
Trump to Deploy 5,200 Troops to Southern Border
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4 comments:
INTERVENE? I don't think so.
By law, they will not have contact with the migrants. So I don't know what the word intervene means in this case.
But whatever. Trump's election antics aren't working.
Martha
6 more years! 6 more years!
6 more years and we won't recognize the country we once knew. But you're right. From the looks of things, America might be just that stupid.
-Martha
Making America Great Again
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