800 US troops due at Mexico border to tackle migrant caravan

October 27, 2018 5:00 AM

WASHINGTON • The Pentagon is expected to deploy about 800 troops to the US-Mexico border, two US officials told Agence France-Presse on Thursday, after President Donald Trump said the military would help tackle a "national emergency" and called on a caravan of US-bound migrants to turn around.

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