Mattis approves request for military help at southern border
WASHINGTON— The Pentagon on Friday approved a request for additional troops at the southern border, likely to total several hundred to help the U.S. Border Patrol as President Donald Trump seeks to transform fears about immigration and a caravan of Central American migrants into electoral gains in the midterms.Defense Secretary Jim Mattis signed off on a request for help from the Department of Homeland Security and authorized the military staff to work […]
