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SD Senator Mike Rounds Supports Troop Deployment to the US – Mexican Border

SD Senator Mike Rounds Supports Troop Deployment to the US – Mexican Border

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President Trump has ordered active duty troops to the US – Mexican border in advance of the approaching migrant caravan. The President said this week that could total ten to fifteen thousand soldiers.

South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds says he supports the President’s decision to defend the borders..

Rounds says there is a message in the troop movement..

Rounds says it may give Congress an incentive to revisit legislation that failed earlier this year..

That bill did not pass after the President threatened a veto.

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