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This map shows the positions of all the caravans headed to the US, including the fourth group that departed El Salvador Wednesday
Washington Examiner: Jim Mattis denies border force is politically motivated: ‘We don’t do stunts’
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis denied on Wednesday that the 5,200 active-duty troops being deployed to the Mexico border is a political stunt to help Republicans in the midterm elections.
“The support that we provide to the secretary for homeland security is practical support based on the request from the commissioner of customs and border police, so we don't do stunts in this department,” Mattis told reporters at the Pentagon.
With less than a week until the midterm elections, President Trump has ordered the deployment of the troops in addition to 2,100 National Guardsmen at the border since April because he said a group of migrants walking north through Mexico is a threat to national security.
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Update #1: Report: Pentagon Identifies 7,000 American Troops for Mexico Border (Epoch Times)
Update #2: Pentagon readies 7,000 troops for border duty as Trump warns of ‘gang members’ in caravan (VIDEO) (RT)
WNU Editor: A new migrant caravan (the fourth one) has now formed .... Now a FOURTH caravan has left El Salvador to join other groups of migrants trekking through Mexico on their way to the US (Daily Mail).