The U.S. Department of Defense is sending 1,500 active-duty service members and additional air and intelligence assets to the southern border to augment troops already conducting enforcement operations in that region, Acting Secretary of Defense Robert Salesses announced this afternoon via a statement to the media.
The Defense Department published on its website that the announcement came roughly 36 hours after President Donald J. Trump issued an executive order directing DOD to address the situation at the border:
On Monday, to protect the security and safety of United States citizens, President Trump declared that a national emergency exists at the southern border of the United States. The president directed me to take all appropriate action to support the activities of the secretary of homeland security
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