{"id":22227,"date":"2022-04-07T17:00:43","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T17:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2022\/04\/07\/dod-is-sending-more-support-to-the-mexico-border-mission\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:52:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:52:04","slug":"dod-is-sending-more-support-to-the-mexico-border-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/the-americas\/2022\/04\/07\/dod-is-sending-more-support-to-the-mexico-border-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"DoD is sending more support to the Mexico border mission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon has approved a Homeland Security Department request to provide some contracting support to Customs and Border Protection at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2022\/04\/05\/texas-guards-border-mission-nearly-out-of-cash-top-general-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">U.S.-Mexico border<\/a>, a spokesman confirmed to Military Times on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The support will last for 90 days to start, Army Lt. 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Chris Mitchell said, but will not include more troops or affect the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/2021\/07\/07\/southern-border-mission-for-us-troops-extends-another-year\/\" target=\"_blank\">length of time<\/a> troops already stationed at the border are committed to stay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs we have done in the past, I approved the request,\u201d Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday. \u201cWe provide enabling support to DHS when and where we can, and where legally possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Services will include some contracted bussing for transporting migrants, and potentially some space on military installations for processing migrants and housing federal employees, as well as contracted medical personnel, Mitchell said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, there are roughly 2,500 federalized National Guardsmen still doing surveillance and intelligence for CBP, a mission that began in 2018 and once counted nearly 5,000 troops on the border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pentagon leaders have said that they don\u2019t view the border as an indefinite military mission, but haven\u2019t detailed which specific conditions are needed to end their involvement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think, long term, this is not an enduring mission of the Department of Defense,\u201d Air Force Gen. 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