U.S. officials say active duty military troops are arriving in El Paso, Texas, and in San Diego on Thursday evening.

U.S. officials say the Pentagon will begin deploying as many as 1,500 active duty troops to help secure the southern border in the coming days

The U.S. military will send 1,500 additional active-duty troops to the border with Mexico, the White House said on Wednesday, just two days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order on immigration.

A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and killed in Vermont near the Canadian Border has been identified as a Minnesota native. David "Chris" Maland, 44, was fatally shot in the line of duty on Tuesday in Coventry,