New in 2021: Border deployments slowly winding down as more wall goes up
Meghann Myers
16 hours ago
Troops deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border started to draw down in the second half of 2020, and that trend is expected to continue for 2021.
It’s been nearly three years since President Donald Trump first ordered more than 5,000 active duty and reserve component troops down to the southern border to help out Customs and Border Patrol, but at last count, that number was down about a third.
As of Dec. 16 3,600 National Guard and reserve troops are stationed at the border, with a cap of 4,000 issued in June, Pentagon spokesman Army Lt. Col. Christian Mitchell confirmed to Military Times.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/12/29/new-in-2021-border-deployments-slowly-winding-down-as-more-wall-goes-up/
