Pentagon to Support Southern Border Into 2021
Posted on AllSides June 25th, 2020
From The Right
The Pentagon will continue to back up the Department of Homeland Security in protecting the border after Defense Secretary Mark Esper extended the mission through Sept. 30, 2021.
"The real change is that it will mainly be the National Guard and by unit rotations," a Pentagon spokesman told the Washington Examiner. "The National Guard will make up the bulk of the force."
Today, 2,600 active duty and 2,400 National Guard troops guard the Southern border. The extension would bring the total number of personnel down to 4,000.
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