US to deploy additional troops to Mexican border: Trump

US President Donald Trump has announced a decision to send troops to the Mexican border to hype the immigration issue up ahead of congressional elections.

"I am bringing out the military for this National Emergency. They will be stopped!" Trump wrote on Twitter on Thursday.

The ”National Emergency” Trump makes reference to in his tweet is a caravan from Central America.crossing Mexico toward the US.

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"To those in the Caravan, turnaround, we are not letting people into the United States illegally. Go back to your Country and if you want, apply for citizenship like millions of others are doing!" Trump tweeted.

The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) had filed the request for the deployment of additional forces to help handle the flow of immigrants, said two officials speaking on condition of anonymity.

The Pentagon said it was working with DHS to "determine the specifics of our support" to the Customs and Border Protection agency, part of DHS.

An estimated 800 to 1,000 troops will be deployed to manage logistical operations because US military forces are prohibited from carrying out civilian law enforcement on American soil unless specifically authorized by Congress.

Republicans have sought to make the immigration issue a major theme ahead of the November 6 midterm congressional elections, in which the president's party is seeking to maintain its hold over the House of Representatives and the Senate.

The Trump administration has acknowledged that the Republicans loss in the congressional elections would probably lead to Trump’s loss of the presidency.

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During the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump vowed to stop the flow of asylum seekers headed to the US by building a wall along the southern US border with Mexico.

Despite his party’s control over the US Congress, he has failed to build the wall. In April, frustrated by lack of progress on the wall, Trump ordered the National Guard to help secure the border.

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