More than 1,000 Marines at Camp Pendleton ordered to the border as migrant caravan advances

CAMP PENDLETON — About 1,100 Marines in the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force will go to the U.S.-Mexico border this week in support of troops as a caravan of Central American migrants advances.
The Marines will assist the Department of Homeland Security as part of Operation Faithful Patriot, said 2nd Lt. Fredrick Walker of the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force 7. The Marines will provide engineering support at the border, including building temporary barriers, barricades and