The Pentagon Sends 3,000 Troops to US-Mexico BorderWashington, 2 Mar (ONA) — The Pentagon is sending about 3,000 more
active-duty troops to the US-Mexico border as US President Donald Trump
seeks to clamp down on illegal immigration and fulfill a central
promise of his campaign, US officials said.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered elements of a Stryker
brigade combat team and a general support aviation battalion for the
mission, the Pentagon announced in a statement.

The forces will arrive along the nearly 2,000-mile border in the
coming weeks.

The Defense Department’s statement did not specify the size of the
deployment, but it was put at about 3,000 by the officials.

The Strykers are medium-armored wheeled personnel carriers.

Already, about 9,200 US troops in total are at the southern border,
including 4,200 deployed under federal orders and about 5,000
National Guard troops under the control of governors.

The new troops will “reinforce and expand current border security
operations to seal the border and protect the territorial integrity
of the United States,” the Pentagon said.— Ends/Khalid