The Pentagon is awaiting a new request from DHS that could send more troops to the border.
After President Donald Trump told White House reporters on Friday that "we're gonna put more troops on the border," the Pentagon was awaiting aover the weekend from the Department of Homeland Security for more support along the Southwest border said the Pentagon's top official.
There are currently 3,900 active duty forces and 2,100 National Guardsmen serving on the southern border in separate missions supporting Customs and Border Protection. "It shouldn't come as a surprise that we would provide more support to the border," Shanahan told reporters."Our support is very elastic and given the deterioration there at the border you would expect that we would provide more support," he said.
However, Shanahan also said that the Pentagon had not received a formal Request for Assistance" from the Department of Homeland Security.
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