Cost of border deployments could approach $1 billion by end of fiscal year
By Paul Sonne February 6 at 7:31 PM
The cost of President Trump’s deployment of active-duty troops and National Guard forces to the U.S. border with Mexico could approach an estimated $1 billion by the end of the fiscal year should the missions continue apace until then, according to figures the Department of Defense has released and independent assessments.
Trump said Tuesday during his State of the Union address that he had ordered a new infusion of 3,750 active-duty troops to the border to prepare for a “tremendous onslaught.”
The president said Mexican cities, in order to remove Central American migrants in their communities, “are getting trucks and buses to bring them up to our country in areas where there is little border protection.”
Mexican authorities recently expedited the journey of a caravan of Central American migrants headed toward the border crossing at Eagle Pass, Tex., using a fleet of buses. On Wednesday, the Pentagon said a small contingent of troops, including military police, medical personnel and engineers, would reposition to Eagle Pass to harden ports of entry.
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republicans are almost as good at squandering our hard-earned tax dollars as they are at lying.
