US President Donald Trump 31/10 warned that 15,000 US troops could to the border with Mexico to prevent the influx of people from Central America is seeking immigrated.
"The influx of immigrants is very worrying, and we will send about 10,000 to 15,000 soldiers in cooperation with border guard, customs and other forces on the border," President Trump told reporters. at the White House on October 31.
However, Trump did not say how many of these 15,000 would be from the National Guard. Currently, about 2,100 US National Guard troops are deployed to the border between the United States and Mexico.
If the US actually dispatched 15,000 troops to the border with Mexico, this figure is even greater than the number of US troops in Afghanistan.
Trump's warnings came as the migrant population from Central America estimated that up to 4,000 people from mid-October began moving south of Mexico to find a way to the US border.
President Trump's tough measures on immigration are believed to be part of an effort to "score" ahead of the mid-term election on Nov. 6. US Secretary of Defense James Mattis yesterday dismissed criticism that the government's deployment of thousands of troops to the border with Mexico was a "political" tactic.
"The support we have for the Secretary of Homeland Security is a factual support based on the request of customs officers and border police, so we are not ostentatious in this agency," he said. Mattis said.
Minh Phuong