The Pentagon is deploying up to 1,500 active duty troops to help secure the southern border in the coming days. The Department of Defense will also provide military aircraft to assist with deporting detained migrants from San Diego and El Paso. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says the country is preparing by setting up tents along the border.
Mexico on Tuesday continued to prepare for President Donald Trumpās promised mass deportations by setting up the first of nine migrant attention centers on the border.
Three trucks carrying what appeared to be components for a large tent complex arrived at a spot called El Punto in north Juarez. Thatās the place near the Rio Grande ā just west of a soccer stadium ā where Pope Francis held an open-air Mass in 2016.
