{"id":21460,"date":"2018-10-31T20:32:49","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T20:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/10\/31\/trump-border-force-could-grow-to-15000\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:35:10","slug":"trump-border-force-could-grow-to-15000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/leadership\/2018\/10\/31\/trump-border-force-could-grow-to-15000\/","title":{"rendered":"President Trump: Border force could grow to 15,000 troops"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Department of Defense is sending troops south to counter two migrant caravans that are moving on foot through Mexico toward the U.S. border.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the number of troops he is sending to the U.S.-Mexico border could grow to as many as 15,000 active duty <\/a>and National Guard personnel, putting the deployment on par with the military\u2019s wartime operations in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The number of troops would include the initial wave of 5,239 active duty troops, 2,100 National Guard forces already there, and another 2,000 to 3,000 on prepare-to-deploy orders. It would eclipse any previous border deployment in recent memory by administrations that have also sought to quell either violence or immigration influxes at the border.<\/p>\n\n\n