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 has deployed approximately 1,500 troops to the southern border to aid the Department of Homeland Security’s border security measures. President Donald Trump signed several executive orders in his first hours back in the White House designed to curb illegal immigration,

The Pentagon will send 1,500 active-duty troops to the southwestern border by the end of the month, a Defense Department official said on Wednesday, helping to fulfill one of President Trump’s main goals to stem the flow of migrants into the United States.