Here’s How Many More Active-Duty Troops Are Being Sent to the US-Mexico Border

In a statement released Sunday, the Pentagon revealed the number of active-duty service members that will be deploying to the U.S.-Mexico border in response to more migrant caravans making their way north.

“The Department of Defense will deploy approximately 3,750 additional U.S. forces to provide the additional support to CBP at the southwest border that Acting Secretary of Defense Shanahan approved Jan. 11,” the statement reads. “That support includes a mobile surveillance capability through the end of September 2019, as well as the emplacement of approximately 150 miles of concertina wire between ports of entry.”

The surge in troops will bring the total amount of active-duty members to around 4,350. (Read more from “Here’s How Many More Active-Duty Troops Are Being Sent to the US-Mexico Border” HERE)

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