U.S. officials say the Pentagon will begin deploying as many as 1,500 active duty troops to help secure the southern border in the coming days

After the Department of Defense announced Wednesday that 1,500 troops would be initially assigned to the border mission, what bases and units they were coming from and what other forces could be included remained questions.

Whatever is needed at the border will be provided,” Pete Hegseth, the new defense secretary, told reporters on Monday.

This is just the beginning,” one Defense official said about the deployment of active-duty troops to the border with Mexico.

The move enacts President Trump's executive orders issued shortly after he took office to intensify immigration enforcement.

Acting Defense Secretary Robert Salesses said the troops will fly helicopters to assist Border Patrol agents and help in the construction of barriers.

The troops will join 2,500 Army Reserve and National Guard soldiers who’ve been called to active duty in recent months.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said that he and President Donald Trump want to “bring the warrior culture back to the Department of Defense.”

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The deployment signals the military’s increased role in a much more aggressive immigration policy under the second Trump administration.

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