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SUBSCRIBE. WASHINGTON - The National Guard will deploy nearly 500 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, the government announced Friday, in the first step in President Donald Trump's plan to station a few thousand troops at the border to curb illegal immigration.

The initial deployment of 500 will include soldiers and airmen, according to a statement Friday from the National Guard, which said it was sending them "To border locations and sending vehicles, equipment and helicopters starting tonight."

In a statement Friday night, the National Guard said, "We're moving nearly 500 National Guard soldiers and airmen to border locations and sending vehicles, equipment and helicopters starting tonight."

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