Gradual Deployment Of U.S. Troops To Mexico Border Underway

ROMA, Texas (AP) — The deployment of National Guard members to the U.S.-Mexico border at President Donald Trump’s request is underway with a gradual ramp-up of troops under orders to help curb illegal immigration.
The Trump administration also announced that Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen will visit this week a stretch of new border wall breaking ground in New Mexico, putting additional focus on what Trump has called a crisis of migrant crossings and crime.
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