Pentagon approves extension of military support to border but reduces troop levels

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Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has approved a request from the DHS to continue military support to the southern border but reduce the number of authorized troops by 1,500 with most of the 4,000 deployed drawn from the National Guard, the Pentagon says

"Secretary Esper has approved a request for assistance from the Department of Homeland Security and authorized the deployment of up to 4,000 DOD personnel to the southern border, beginning in October," Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Chris Mitchell said in a statement.That marks a decrease from the current authorized troop level of 5,500.

CNN reported in April that the Defense Department was actively weighing reducing the number of active duty troops on the southern border with Mexico and replacing them with members of the National Guard, which would bring the deployment into line with previous military operations on the US-Mexico border under the Bush and Obama administrations.Pentagon officials stressed that troops on the southern border would not be performing law enforcement missions.

 

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