BORDER CRISIS: Doing More Than Democrats, Mexico Sending 15,000 Troops to U.S. Border

BREAKING- Mexico has deployed almost 15,000 troops to the US-Mexico border to curve migration flow. An additional ~2,000 National Guard elements have also been deployed across the country’s southern border with Guatemala & Belize.: MX Secretary of Defense Luis Sandoval #CNN

— Nick Valencia (@CNNValencia) June 24, 2019

The move appears to be linked to an effort on behalf of Mexico to stave off tariffs threatened by President Donald J. Trump if the country continues to let migrants flow through unfettered into the United States. Two weeks ago, Mexico agreed to station troops at its own southern border to halt the influx of Central American migrants.