The Pentagon is surging about 3,000 active-duty troops and other resources to the U.S. southern border as aggressive efforts continue to stop the flow of illegal immigration.
The Department of Defense announced Saturday that it’s sending a Stryker Brigade Combat Team and a General Support Aviation Battalion to the U.S. border with Mexico. The troops will arrive in the coming weeks, according to a statement from Sean Parnell, Pentagon press secretary.
The additional Defense Department resources affirm the Pentagon’s “unwavering dedication to working alongside the Department of Homeland Security to secure our southern border and maintain the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and security of the United States under President Trump’s leadership,” Parnell said.
The Stryker Brigade Combat Team…
