EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A second batch of troops arrived at Fort Bliss on Saturday, Jan. 25 to augment operations along the southern border with Mexico.
The Pentagon announced earlier this week that about 1,500 troops were being sent to El Paso and San Diego as the Department of Defense begins deploying troops to the southern border to implement new President Donald Trump’s executive orders cracking down on immigration.
Army officials did not say how many troops arrived on Saturday, but allowed the media to come on post and take video and photos of their arrival. Fort Bliss officials said the troops were arriving to support the “ongoing border mission.”
Army officials also did not say where the troops that landed on Saturday were from.
An initial batch of troops arrived at Fort Bliss on Thursday.
The Associated Press reported that there are already about 2,500 National Guard and Reserve forces deployed to the border and the new 1,500 would add to that total.
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