Reuters: Pentagon Sending 3,750 Extra U.S. Forces to Border with Mexico
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The Pentagon is sending 3,750 additional U.S. forces to the southwest border with Mexico for three months to support border agents, the Department of Defense said on Sunday, Reuters reports.
The deployment will raise the total number of active-duty forces supporting Customs and Border Protection agents there to about 4,350, it said.
The Pentagon disclosed the official figure days after a Democratic lawmaker said about 3,500 extra troops would be deployed.
The Pentagon says the U.S. military will operate mobile surveillance cameras in Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas, a mission scheduled to run through Sept. 30. Some of the additional troops will also string up 150 more miles (240 km) of concertina wire.
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