Pentagon to send nearly 3,000 additional active-duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico border
The Pentagon is sending more than 2,000 additional active-duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico border as President Donald Trump seeks to clamp down on illegal immigration and fulfill a central promise of his campaign, U.S. officials said Saturday.
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is sending nearly 3,000 additional active-duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico border as President Donald Trump seeks to clamp down on illegal immigration and fulfill a central promise of his campaign, U.S. officials said Saturday.
His 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. The forces will arrive along the nearly 2,000-mile border in the coming weeks.
Fort Carson is sending 2,400 soldiers from the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, while another 500 soldiers from Fort Stewart’s 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade will also be deployed, according to the U.S. Northern Command.
The Strykers are medium-armored wheeled personnel carriers. That team will provide transportation and engineering support along with detection and monitoring but will not be involved in interdiction or deportation operations, Northern Command said.
The aviation brigade will help with the movement of personnel, equipment and supplies, it said.
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