The Pentagon is ordering roughly 1,500 more active-duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, adding to the roughly 2,200 active-duty forces already there to support the U.S. Northern Command’s border mission out of El Paso, Texas, according to reports Wednesday.

The order comes after President Donald Trump said that the military must increase its presence to bolster border security, reports CNN, quoting officials familiar with the order.

The active-duty forces at the border are part of Joint Task Force-North, U.S. Northern Command’s border mission based out of El Paso. They help support the U.S. Customs and Border Protection mission to secure the border.

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