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5,000 US troops to deploy to US-Mexico border, report says
[AmMilitaryNews] 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. 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://t.co/I7HHAf9iIp ‐ The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) October 29, 2018 The number is a sharp increase from the 800-troop deployment that was reported last week, as the migrant caravan that has built up to about 7,000 people heads through Mexico toward the United States. Posted by: Ebbaitch Squank4369 2018-10-30 |
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