Immigration

DHS extension request could mean troops spend holidays at border

By Travis J. Tritten
Published November 30, 2018 10:17pm ET
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DHS extension request could mean troops spend holidays at border
U.S. Army soldiers serve Thanksgiving dinner to soldiers deployed as part of Operation Faithful Patriot at the border in Donna, Texas. | (Senior Airman Alexandra Minor/U.S. Air Force/Department of Defense via AP)

Troops could spend the holidays deployed to the border instead of heading home by mid-December
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Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is reviewing a request Friday from the Department of Homeland Security to extend the deployment of U.S. troops at the Mexico border until the end of January.

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