Approximately 1,500 Active Duty U.S. Troops Will Be Deployed To Southern Border

President Trump signed an executive order authorizing the Pentagon to deploy active duty U.S. troops to help secure the Southern Border.

Approximately 1,500 troops will be deployed in the coming days.

“No later than 10 days from the effective date of this order, deliver to the President a revision to the Unified Command Plan that assigns United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) the mission to seal the borders and maintain the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and security of the United States by repelling forms of invasion including unlawful mass migration, narcotics trafficking, human smuggling and trafficking, and other criminal activities,” the executive order reads.

BREAKING: The Pentagon is sending up to 1,500 active duty troops to help secure the U.S.-Mexico border after President Trump’s order, officials

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