Roughly 750 service members from Texas and Arizona were already redeployed Wednesday as a result of the operation’s conclusion, Kunze said. The Department of Defense has assisted the Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection’s “border security mission” since late October, Kunze said. “At the height of the mission, nearly 5,900 service members from the Army, Marine Corps, Air Force and Navy were deployed. Currently, we have approximately 4,200 personnel supporting CBP along the southwest border with approximately 1,700 in the Texas corridor, 1,000 in the Arizona corridor, and 1,500 in the California corridor,” the news release said. MATTIS ORDERS US TROOPS TO STAY ON SOUTHERN BORDER THROUGH CHRISTMAS“DoD will continue to mature composition of our force to meet CBP requirements,” it continued.

Source: Fox News December 14, 2018 02:37 UTC