Pentagon to send up to 1,500 troops to help secure US-Mexico border – officials

Volunteers talk in a tent along a border wall separating Mexico from the US (Gregory Bull/AP)

The Pentagon will begin deploying as many as 1,500 active duty troops to help secure the US-Mexico border in the coming days, officials have said.

The move puts in motion plans US President Donald Trump laid out in executive orders shortly after he took office to crack down on immigration.