The Pentagon is sending up to 5,050 additional troops to the U.S.-Mexico border even as unlawful border crossings have sharply fallen in recent weeks.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a Stryker brigade combat team (SBCT) and a general support aviation battalion to “bolster military support in securing the U.S. – Mexico border,” Pentagon press secretary Sean Parnell said in a statement Saturday.

Each SBCT consists of approximately 4,400 soldiers, while the aviation battalion has roughly 650 troops.

The forces will arrive along the nearly 2,000-mile border in the coming weeks, the official added. They did not say where the troops........

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