Border Patrol prepares for arrival of US troops, migrant caravan
by Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times
Oct 31, 2018
4 minutes
MCALLEN, Texas - Here in the Border Patrol's busiest region, agents and military officials are preparing for the arrival in coming days and weeks of 800 U.S. troops and an immigrant caravan of thousands.
An emergency operations center has been activated at U.S. Customs and Border Protection Rio Grande Valley headquarters in Edinburg for what commanders called a "mass migration event." Military planners have arrived in the valley this week, and are expected to meet with Border Patrol, state troopers, game wardens and other law enforcement on Monday. Troops are gathering equipment and preparing to deploy to the valley from
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