U.S. troops won’t come into contact with migrant caravan: top military officer
HALIFAX — The highest-ranking military officer in the United States is insisting U.S. troops will not come into contact with the thousands of migrants from Central America heading toward the U.S.-Mexico border.
U.S. Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made the comment Saturday at a defence and security conference being held in Halifax.
Dunford, a key adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, said the troops recently dispatched by the president to deal with a caravan of asylum-seekers have been ordered to help police and border patrol agents.
“The tasks that we are providing are in support of the Department of Homeland Security,” he told delegates to the Halifax International Security Forum.