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Troops may spend Christmas on US-Mexico border
The original orders called for troops to be home Dec. 15; now deployment orders may be extended through January.
By Tara Copp, Associated Press
Latest "migrant caravan" stories
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Razor wire is most visible result of $210M troop deployment to the US-Mexico border
The towering metal fence that divides the United States and Mexico at the edge of the Pacific Ocean has an imposing new feature: row upon row of razor wire.
White House approves use of force, some law enforcement roles for border troops
Experts cautioned that the additional authorities may run afoul of the Posse Comitatus Act
By Tara Copp, Associated Press
Why migrants won’t see armed US troops on the border
As thousands of migrants in a caravan of Central American asylum-seekers converge on the doorstep of the United States, what they won’t find are armed American troops standing guard.
Pentagon: Troop contingent on border ‘pretty much peaked’
The number of U.S. active-duty troops deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border has “pretty much peaked” at the current total of 5,800, the Pentagon’s No. 2 official said Thursday.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Mattis: Troops to stop using the term ‘secure’ at border locations
The military will have met initial the DHS request within the next week, but forces will remain through the holidays, at least.
By Tara Copp, Associated Press