U.S. Weighs Extending Troop Deployment at Southern Border
Presence beyond mid-December is considered ‘very likely,’ one official says, as tensions with migrants rise
Tensions continue to rise in Tijuana as migrants fleeing Central America await the opportunity to apply for asylum in the U.S. WSJ's Alicia Caldwell describes the scenes from the migrant camp at the border crossing. Photo: Bloomberg
U.S. military and immigration officials are weighing plans to extend the deployment of troops along the Mexican border beyond their original mid-December end date, four U.S. officials said.
The Department of Homeland Security hasn’t made a formal request for the troops to stay, nor has the Pentagon issued updated orders, the officials said, but one called an extension “very likely.”
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