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(NewsNation) — The Pentagon has ordered up to 3,000 active-duty troops to the confederate borderline arsenic it looks to summation the United States' borderline sovereignty.
According to the Washington Post, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approved the orders Friday, with 2,500 to 3,000 acceptable to beryllium deployed, alongside Stryker combat vehicles, weighing up to 20 tons.
In January, the Pentagon sent up to 1,500 active-duty troops to the border, which already had astir 2,500 U.S. National Guard and Reserve forces on hand.
Per the Post, the Pentagon would mostly beryllium sending soldiers specializing successful the nationalist affairs, intelligence, and engineering sectors.
They would besides beryllium joined by soldiers portion of the 4th Infantry Division’s 2nd Stryker Brigade astatine Fort Carson, Colorado.
Mexican National Guard troops are presently patrolling the borderline successful the Tijuana country arsenic portion of Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum's pledge amid tariff negotiations with President Trump.
In an hour-long special airing astatine 8 p.m. ET connected Saturday, NewsNation will spell in-depth connected the authorities of the concern astatine the borderline – what’s working, what’s not and wherefore instrumentality enforcement connected the frontlines accidental they aren’t letting their defender down.
