Trump sends 5,200 troops backed 150 miles of razor wire and Blackhawks, drones and C-130s

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6330911/Pentagon-says-5-000-troops-deploy-border-Friday-deter-immigrant-caravan.html

[size=34]Trump sends 5,200 troops backed 150 miles of razor wire and Blackhawks, drones and C-130s in the air to the Mexican border to 'deter' caravan from ever arriving - as agents rehearse for riots in El Paso[/size]

• President Donald Trump has called for the troops to deter what he calls an 'invasion'
  
  
• The president claimed the caravan contained 'many Gang Members' and 'some very bad people' 
  
  
• Last week he said it included 'Middle Easterners' but admitted he had no proof of his claim 
  
  
• Three helicopter companies and three engineering battalions to participate
  
  
• Enhanced optics, fencing, 'hardening' of the border 
  
  
• The caravan is making its way through Mexico, though numbers have dropped to about 4,000
  
  
• The Pentagon is planning to send 5,000 troops, including military police, engineers, and Marines
  
  
• Four Blackhawks, C-130s and a c-17 transports, unmanned vehicles 
  
  
• Trump called the caravan an 'invasion,' warning: 'our Military is waiting for you!'
  
  

By GEOFF EARLE, DEPUTY U.S. POLITICAL EDITOR FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 17:16 EDT, 29 October 2018 | UPDATED: 19:00 EDT, 29 October 2018
The Pentagon is dispatching 5,200 active military troops to 'harden' the southern border and comply with President Donald Trump's order to deter an immigrant caravan the president called an 'invasion', it said Monday.
Eight hundred troops were already en route Monday – a force the Defense Department is dramatically increasing by adding helicopter companies and engineers who are bringing 'heavy equipment.'
In total DOD is sending 5,200 troops to 'harden' the border, the Pentagon said at a briefing Monday.