Troops may spend Christmas on US-Mexico border

Military Times: Many of the 5,600 active-duty forces deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border may not be home in time for Christmas, NPR is reporting, citing defense officials.

The media outlet reports the Pentagon will extend those troops, who were to come home by Dec. 15, through January, citing the surge of as many as 5,000 migrants now at the Tijuana checkpoint.

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