The U.S. will send more than 5,200 active-duty troops to the Mexican border this week to assist Border Patrol agents, the Department of Defense announced Monday. About 800 troops are already on their way to Texas as part of the operation, O’Shaughnessy said, and at least some of the deployed troops will be armed. The Department of Homeland Security requested the help of the troops, and Defense Secretary James Mattis signed off on it Friday. The news comes as President Trump has raised the alarm about a caravan of Central American immigrants trekking north through Mexico with hopes of making it across the U.S. border, away from the violence in their home countries.

Source: Pentagon Will Send over 5,200 Troops to Southern Border