The Department of Homeland Security has asked the Pentagon for more help tosecure the U
The Department of Homeland Security has asked the Pentagon for more help to secure the U.S.-Mexico border, while acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan says he is prepared to keep American troops in the region longer-term to enact President Donald Trump’s hard-line immigration plans.
Despite that effort, the U.S. Border Patrol has been struggling to house and process up to 5,500 people per day who attempt to cross into the country, and more than 17,500 are being held in cells and tents along the border. The Washington Post reported that detention facilities are so full in some places, the U.S. has been flying migrants from one spot on the border to another just to process them.
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