FT. KNOX, Ky. (WHAS11) -- The Department of Defense is now sending 5,200 troops to the southwest border and WHAS has learned that some of them will be from Kentucky.
Troops from Fort Knox and Fort Campbell are loading onto a C-17 headed for Texas.
The Department of Defense will use the troops at the border as thousands of Central American migrants head north through Mexico.
President Trump has said the invasion of migrants would find troops waiting for them.
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