Pentagon: 5,200 US Troops Headed to Border with Mexico

The Pentagon is deploying 5,200 troops along the U.S. border with Mexico to help agents deal with a caravan of Honduran migrants heading to the United States. "Border security is national security," General Terrence O'Shaughnessy, head of U.S. Northern Command, told reporters Monday. He said the 5,200 soldiers will be in addition to the nearly 2,100 National Guardsmen already along the border. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan said there are...

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