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After decline, U.S. military's Mexico border mission to grow again
Source: Reuters
POLITICS JANUARY 29, 2019 / 12:34 AM / UPDATED 18 HOURS AGO
After decline, U.S. military's Mexico border mission to grow again
Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali
4 MIN READ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon is planning to send thousands more troops back to the U.S. border with Mexico, acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said on Tuesday, as Democrats in Congress questioned the merits of a mission that had declined in size.
The U.S. military says the new deployment will be largely on top of the roughly 2,350 active duty troops already involved in the border mission. Officials told Reuters the additional deployment could add 2,000 or more troops to the current total but declined to offer a final figure.
Still, U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, did not expect troop levels to return to their peak of about 5,900 active duty troops last November.
Shanahan said the upcoming increase in troops would help the Department of Homeland Security meet its goals of stringing up more concertina wire and expanding surveillance at the border.
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After decline, U.S. military's Mexico border mission to grow again
Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali
4 MIN READ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon is planning to send thousands more troops back to the U.S. border with Mexico, acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said on Tuesday, as Democrats in Congress questioned the merits of a mission that had declined in size.
The U.S. military says the new deployment will be largely on top of the roughly 2,350 active duty troops already involved in the border mission. Officials told Reuters the additional deployment could add 2,000 or more troops to the current total but declined to offer a final figure.
Still, U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, did not expect troop levels to return to their peak of about 5,900 active duty troops last November.
Shanahan said the upcoming increase in troops would help the Department of Homeland Security meet its goals of stringing up more concertina wire and expanding surveillance at the border.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-pentagon/after-decline-u-s-militarys-mexico-border-mission-to-grow-again-idUSKCN1PN0DW