Updated at 10:30 a.m. ET
An additional 3,750 troops will be sent to the Southern border to help install wire barriers and monitor crossings, officials said. The new deployment will bring the number of active-duty troops there to around 6,000.
In a tweet on Sunday, President Trump said that “STRONG Border Security” is necessary in the face of “Caravans marching through Mexico and toward our Country.”
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