Documents obtained by Newsweek show a shortfall of U.S. military personnel and aircraft at the border as a potential trade war between the U.S. and Mexico looms.
As a potential trade war looms between the United States and Mexico, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has ordered the Pentagon to backfill a shortfall of U.S. troops and aircraft at the U.S.
But despite Mexico's efforts to crack down on illegal immigration—ramping up detentions and deportations even amid Trump's threats to close the southwest border—the Pentagon is entrenching deeper into its support role of CBP operations. A shortage of about 14 aircraft was also identified by U.S. Northern Command, according to the action memo Shanahan signed on May 17 and pre-decisional powerpoint slides obtained by. The aircraft requested by CBP range from Blackhawk helicopters and surveillance planes to the MQ-1 Predator drone, an unmanned, remotely piloted aircraft known for its extensive use in Iraq and Afghanistan by the U.S. Air Force and the Central Intelligence Agency to target individuals suspected of terrorism.
The directive from Trump came as the southwest border underwent an influx of migrant movements north to the United States as most attempted to escape gang violence and volatile governments situated in the dangerous Northern Triangle countries of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador in Central America.
President Trump declared a national emergency at the southwest border in February, a move that paved the way for the Pentagon to shift Defense Department money to build the border wall.
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