US military preparing to send additional 1,500 troops to border, official says


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  • Thursday, 23 Jan 2025

FILE PHOTO: U.S. National Guard troops install new anti-climb barriers lined with concertina wire at the U.S.-Mexico border to prevent migrants from crossing the Rio Grande River into El Paso, Texas, U.S., April 2, 2024. REUTERS/Cheney Orr/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. military is preparing to send roughly 1,500 additional active-duty troops to the border with Mexico, a U.S. official said, just two days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order on immigration.

The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, did not say exactly when the troops would be deployed.

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