Border security is a key priority for the president, who declared a national emergency at the US frontier with Mexico on his first day in office, and the additional personnel will bring the total number of active-duty troops deployed there to around 4,000.
The additional troops include 1,000 Army personnel and 500 Marines, a senior US military official told journalists at the Pentagon.
“These forces will work on the placement of physical barriers and other border missions. First operations for them should commence within the next 24 to 48 hours; they’re moving right now,“ the senior military official said.
A senior defense official told journalists the deployment of the additional troops “is the initial effort that we can do right away,“ saying that “we anticipate many additional missions after this.”
“The department will provide military airlift to support DHS (Department of Homeland Security) deportation flights of more than five thousand illegal aliens from the San Diego, California, and El Paso, Texas sectors,“ Salesses said in a statement.
The senior military official said the deportation effort would involve some 100 US military personnel.
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