Trump administration announces plan to deploy 3,750 troops to Mexico border

The Pentagon is to send 3,750 US troops to the border with Mexico for three months to provide additional support to border agents, the Department of Defense said on Sunday.The deployment will raise the total number of active-duty forces supporting Customs and Border Protection agents there to approximately 4,350, according to the department.The Pentagon first approved the high-profile deployment of active-duty US troops to the Mexico border in October, before the US midterm congressional electio