Trump to send hundreds of active duty troops to border
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is planning to dispatch 800 or more active duty troops to the southern border at the direction of a president who has sought to transform fears about immigration into electoral gains in the midterms as a caravan of thousands of migrants makes its way through Mexico.Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is expected to sign an order sending the troops to the border, bolstering National Guard forces there, […]
