President Donald Trump is not playing any more games when it comes to securing the Southern border.
The president as Commander in Chief has the right to deploy the military as he sees fit.
And he sees fit to send thousands more to the Southern border to secure it, Fox News reported.
The Pentagon announced Sunday the deployment of 3,750 more active-duty troops to the U.S. border with Mexico.
The deployment will raise the total active duty forces to approximately 4,350.
“Additional units are being deployed for 90 days, and we will continue to evaluate the force composition required to meet the mission to protect and secure the southern border,” the Pentagon said.
Roughly 2,400 active duty forces are currently at the border. A large number are going home and being replaced by the new deployment.
The announcement comes as a congressional committee seeks to reach a deal on border security funding to avert another partial government shutdown.
President Trump has hinted at declaring a national emergency if the deal doesn’t include funds for a border wall. The lack of an agreement on funding for a border wall closed portions of the government for 35 days.
Trump ordered the deployments in October 2018 in response to the impending arrival at the border of a caravan of asylum-seekers from Central America.
The new troops will be used to install additional wire barriers and provide a large new system of mobile surveillance and monitoring of the border area.
BREAKING : Pentagon says 3,750 troops to be deployed to the Mexican border.
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The Pentagon says it will send 3,750 more troops to the southwest border to provide additional support to Customs and Border Protection https://t.co/pxZyflBtx2 pic.twitter.com/LoN1LtWSu1
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) February 3, 2019
Trump sending almost 4,000 more troops to southern border https://t.co/EFRdC0Sadl pic.twitter.com/iCRbeqryOd
— The Hill (@thehill) February 3, 2019
NEW: Approximately 3,750 additional active duty U.S. troops are heading to the southern border in support of Customs and Border Protection, according to a statement released by the Department of Defense on Sunday. https://t.co/oswNGTJkOY pic.twitter.com/Pqk3G03LUy
— ABC News (@ABC) February 3, 2019
Pentagon sending another 3,750 troops to Southwest border https://t.co/kNNkpx7BZn pic.twitter.com/9p9FEzu8Fl
— WCNC Charlotte (@wcnc) February 3, 2019
