By Jason Hopkins

The Trump administration is beefing up its resources at the U.S.-Mexico border as it continues to deal with a massive influx of illegal immigrants.

Acting Defense Secretary Richard Spencer approved Tuesday night the deployment of 1,200 active-duty troops and another 1,000 Texas National Guard personnel to the U.S. southern border, Department of Defense spokesperson Maj. Chris Mitchell said in a statement to the Daily Caller News Foundation.

The Texas National Guard troops will be split up in their duties, with 750 personnel to “provide supplemental holding support to [Customs and Border Protection] at CBP’s temporary adult migrant holding facilities in Donna, Texas, and Tornillo, Texas,” and the other 250 will provide “port of entry (POE) enforcement support at CBP-designated POEs and airports in Texas to enhance border security and improve the flow of commercial traffic,” Mitchell said.

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President Trump Is Deploying An Additional 2,100 Troops To The Border

Posted by: Jason Hopkins in Military and Defense, Trump Administration, US News, White House Watch July 18, 2019 0
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The Trump administration is beefing up its resources at the U.S.-Mexico border as it continues to deal with a massive influx of illegal immigrants.

Acting Defense Secretary Richard Spencer approved Tuesday night the deployment of 1,200 active-duty troops and another 1,000 Texas National Guard personnel to the U.S. southern border, Department of Defense spokesperson Maj. Chris Mitchell said in a statement to the Daily Caller News Foundation.

The Texas National Guard troops will be split up in their duties, with 750 personnel to “provide supplemental holding support to [Customs and Border Protection] at CBP’s temporary adult migrant holding facilities in Donna, Texas, and Tornillo, Texas,” and the other 250 will provide “port of entry (POE) enforcement support at CBP-designated POEs and airports in Texas to enhance border security and improve the flow of commercial traffic,” Mitchell said.
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“Decisions regarding arming military personnel and related rules for the use of force will be informed by the circumstances of their mission and be made by the Governor of Texas, in consultation with CBP,” Mitchell continued in his statement.

The announcement comes after the Department of Defense earlier in July requested the Pentagon to authorized an additional 1,000 Texas National Guard to help with operations along the southern border.

“All this is necessary because Congress refuses to do its job,” Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbot stated in June when announcing his intention to place 1,000 more National Guard troops at the state’s southern border. “It leaves states like Texas fending for themselves.”

The deployments — which are slated to take place in the next several weeks — will bring total troop numbers to around 6,000. There are already about 2,500 active-duty and 2,000 National Guard troops currently stationed at the southern border, The Wall Street Journal reported.