Donald Trump to send 1,500 additional troops to secure US-Mexico border
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US President Donald Trump is set to send 1,500 more troops to the Mexico border, his spokeswoman confirmed on Wednesday, as part of a series of actions to combat immigration.
Mexican immigration officials and police receive deportees after they were sent back into Mexico on January 22 as seen from Arizona. U.S. President Donald Trump signed executive orders on his first day in office declaring a state of emergency at the southern border. (Getty Images via AFP)
“President Trump signed an executive order for 1,500 additional troops for the United States' southern border,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters at the White House.