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November 14, 2018

Pentagon Chief Mattis to Visit 6,000 Troops at U.S.-Mexico Border
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Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is scheduled to arrive in Mc Allen, Texas,
today to visit some of the thousands of troops deployed there by
President Trump last month. Nearly 6,000 active-duty troops are
currently stationed in Texas, California and Arizona, following Trump's
escalating attacks against the Central American caravans heading toward
the U.S.-Mexico border in the run-up to the midterms. According to some
reports, the border deployments could cost $220 million, despite the
fact the Pentagon does not see the caravans as a risk. Mattis's visit
follows the Trump administration's announcement of new immigration rules
to deny asylum to anyone who enters the country outside of a port of
entry.

A few hundred migrants from the Central American caravans have arrived
in the border town of Tijuana Tuesday as the vast majority are still at
least 1,000 miles away from the U.S.-Mexico border. We'll have more on
the latest news from the border later in the broadcast.


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