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| Donald Trump will deploy National Guard troops to the US-Mexico border as soon as tonight, the Secretary of Homeland Security has said. | |
| Over the past few days, Mr Trump has been ramping up his rhetoric on immigration and border security, calling the US’s border laws “very weak” and calling on Congress to act. | |
| He also said he wanted to send the military to guard the border “until we can have a wall and proper security” – plans that will now come to fruition. | |
| “The president has directed that the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security work together with our governors to deploy the National Guard to our southwest border to assist the Border Patrol,” said Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen at the White House. ”The president will be signing a proclamation to that effect today.” | |
| She did not provide information on how many troops would be deployed, how long their deployment will last and how much it will cost. | |
| Instead, echoing Mr Trump, she railed against the country’s current immigration laws, saying the current system “rewards bad behavior” and “it’s time to act”. | |
| The administration has drafted legislation and will ask Congress to provide the legal authority and resources to address “this crisis at our borders”, Ms Nielson said. | |
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