The Pentagon will foot the bill out of its discretionary funding for the deployment and fence construction along the California and Arizona borders with Mexico.
Word of the deployment comes amid a heated battle over $5 billion in funding President Trump has demanded for a southern border wall, which is currently at the center of a partial government shutdown.
The move comes as President Trump continues to demand $5 billion from Congress for border security and a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Congressional Democrats oppose the move, and parts of the federal government have been shut down because of the impasse.
The Department of Defense has not been affected by the shutdown. -NPR
The request for more troops to shore up the US-Mexico border was made by the Department of Homeland Security - which will add to the deployment of some 2,300 active duty troops on the border as well as 2,100 National Guard troops. Those deployed will include aviation units and combat engineers.
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3 comments:
Simply put in a . MINE FIELD . Then . Noone will dare cross ....Put up Warning signs . ..No Fence needed !!!
Claymores . work fine around the perimeter !!! NOone will dare try to cross No-Man's Land . !!!! LOL LOL
SAVE . THAT FENCE $$$$$$ . Make . MEXICO P A Y . FOR ALL . OF IT . !!!!!!!!! Tax . the Booze !!!!!!
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