BASE CAMP DONNA, TEXAS ¨C U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis defended the deployment of thousands of troops to the border with Mexico as he traveled there on Wednesday, saying the mission was ¡°absolutely legal¡± and justified, and that it was improving military readiness.
President Donald Trump¡¯s politically charged decision to send U.S. troops to the Mexico border came ahead of U.S. midterm congressional elections last week, as Trump sought to strengthen border security as part of a crackdown on illegal immigration.
Trump¡¯s supporters, including Republicans in Congress, have embraced the deployment.
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