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With another caravan approaching, DoD shifts forces along border
The forces are being shifted to meet a new approaching caravan of migrants.
By Tara Copp, AP
Mattis to visit border troops; still no cost estimate for mission
Up to 7,000 active-duty forces are responding to the caravan. But are they in the right place?
By Tara Copp, AP
Extra pay for border deployment? Here’s what troops can expect
Troops away from their families for more than 30 days may see extra pay.
By Tara Copp, AP
Why were active-duty forces picked over Guard to defend the border? Capabilities, Pentagon says
Pentagon faces questions over the roles and limits U.S. forces will have when migrants reach the border.
By Tara Copp, AP
‘I didn’t say shoot’: Trump says migrants will be arrested, not shot, if they throw rocks
The president seemed to walk back earlier remarks that troops should consider rock-throwing akin to using guns.
By Tara Copp, AP
Border mission doesn’t fit Mattis’ focus on ‘lethality’
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has left no doubt that his top priority as leader of the military is making it more “lethal” — better at war and more prepared for it — and yet nothing about the military’s new mission at the U.S.-Mexico border advances that goal. Some argue it detracts from it.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press and Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Equating rocks with rifles, Trump proposes radical new rules of engagement for troops along border
The president said if migrants try to throw rocks at U.S. troops, "we would consider that a firearm."
Op-ed: Migrant caravan members have right to claim asylum – here’s why getting it will be hard
Migrants aren’t obligated to claim asylum in any country, but have a right to seek asylum in a country of their choosing, the right to a fair process in that country, and crucially, a right not to be sent back to a country where they will face persecution – or even death.
By Abigail Stepnitz, University of California, Berkeley
Here’s the list of military units headed to the border
The president has said as many as 15,000 forces may be dispatched to the border.
By Tara Copp, AP
President Trump: Border force could grow to 15,000 troops
The number of troops at the border is rapidly rising; but at what cost?
By Tara Copp, AP
Deployed border troops are preparing for militias stealing their gear, protester violence, documents show
An estimated 200 armed militia members are on the border and have stolen troops' gear in the past, DoD documents show.
By Tara Copp, AP