Stryker combat vehicles, 3,000 troops en route to US-Mexico border as Trump admin steps up militarization of the area

The Pentagon is sending another 2,500 to 3,000 troops to the southern border as the Trump administration continues to ramp up its crackdown on immigration.

Some of the soldiers being sent to the border come from a motorized brigade using Stryker combat vehicles, two defense officials told The Washington Post.