Pentagon to send 1,500 troops to border to start Trump-ordered surge

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : Earlier this week, Trump ordered Northern Command -- in charge of the military for the continental United States -- to submit a plan within 10 days to "seal" America's borders.
55% : The troops consist of 1,000 soldiers and 500 Marines, who will work with Customs and Border Protection in El Paso, Texas, and San Diego, California.
50% : In his first term, Trump sent more than 5,000 active-duty troops to the border in response to a migrant caravan traveling north through Mexico.
49% : "This is just the beginning," Acting Secretary of Defense Robert Salesses wrote in a statement.
49% : Additionally, the White House asked the secretary of defense and head of the Department of Homeland Security to send a report within 90 days on whether the president should invoke the Insurrection Act, a 200-year-old law that would allow the military to deploy on U.S. territory.
37% : The designation will make it easier for the White House to shift around money intended to counter drug trafficking and illegal migration, which Trump has claimed amounts to an "invasion.
29% : Trump considered invoking the law during the widespread protests against police violence and racism in the summer of 2020.
19% : On Monday, Trump also fired Adm. Linda Fagan, head of the U.S. Coast Guard, reportedly due to her record on enforcing border security.

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