Roughly 5,000 U.S. troops will be deploying to the southern border in response to the migrant caravan pushing north through Mexico, a U.S. official confirmed to Fox News.
Some of the troops will be deploying as early as Tuesday. The reinforcements headed to the U.S.-Mexico border are support troops – not combat troops – and will include engineers, as well as aviation and medical personnel.
The troop deployment, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, had been expected after Defense Secretary Jim Mattis approved the request last week. But the number of troops is far higher than initial estimates.
President Trump, meanwhile, has called for the caravan to turn back and warned its members that the military “is waiting for you!”
These beaners must think Trump is bluffing.
I do feel really bad for the children and the elderly in that caravan – walking thousands of miles to get to the U.S. border, in blazing heat, with little food and water, or even proper footwear. …That said, they must be turned away. The U.S. simply cannot keep allowing illegal immigrants to flood across the border. Very sad situation all around.