Pentagon to send another 1,000 troops to Mexican border The Pentagon plans to deploy about 1,000 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border by the start of March, the Defense Department said Friday. Those additional personnel will be tasked with applying barbed wiring to existing border fences, Defense Department officials said at a briefing Friday, The Washington Post and The Hill reported. It will bring the number of troops at the border to about 6,000. https://www.breitbart.com/news/pentagon-to-send-another-1000-troops-to-mexican-border/