2,100 mostly unarmed Guard troops on border as Trump vows to send more to stop migrant caravan
By: Tara Copp  
The National Guard has about 2,100 troops working along the U.S.-Mexico border as a caravan of thousands of migrants approach from Central America in a direct challenge to President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.
On Monday, Trump lashed out at the caravan, calling it an “assault on our country†and vowing to send as many additional troops as necessary to the border to stop them, according to USA Today.
The now estimated 7,000 migrants have reached southern Mexico. They are traveling mostly by foot on a route that originated with about 200 initial migrants seeking to escape gang violence in Honduras.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/10/23/2000-unarmed-guard-troops-on-border-as-trump-vows-to-send-more-to-stop-migrant-caravan/
