About 500 Camp Pendleton-based Marines and sailors are being deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border as part of President Trump’s mandate to secure the southern border.

Hours after the Pentagon announced that it would send 1,500 active duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico, reports surfaced that the number was actually 10,000.

President Donald Trump’s mission to secure the U.S.- Mexican border continues with the Pentagon issuing 1,500 active-duty troops. The president prioritized throughout his presidential campaign to ...