Pentagon approves 1,100 more troops for southern border mission
The Defense Department has approved 1,115 more active duty troops to deploy to the U.S. southwestern border, adding to the military's increased role in supporting immigration control under the second Trump administration.
The units will primarily assist with engineering, logistics and construction missions - from medical care to clearing roads.
There are currently just under 8,000 active duty troops at the border, an increase of around 6,500 since the start of the administration, according to a spokesperson for the military's task force overseeing the mission.
While they haven't deployed yet, the additional 1,100 would bring the military close to the 10,000 total that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approved for the border mission earlier this year.
Under Hegseth's time in office, the military has taken on an expansive role in supporting immigration controls, a top priority of President Donald Trump. The Pentagon has sent surveillance planes, warships, helicopters and even a brigade of armored Stryker vehicles to assist in the mission.
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