U.S. officials say active duty military troops are arriving in El Paso, Texas, and in San Diego on Thursday evening.

The Pentagon will deploy up to 1,500 active-duty troops to the U.S. border with Mexico, following executive orders from President Donald Trump to use the military to seal the border.

The I Marine Expeditionary Force is made up of about 53,000 active-duty troops, who are primarily stationed at Camp Pendleton, as well as at Marine Corps Air Stations Miramar and Yuma, and the Marine Corps Air/Ground Combat Center at 29 Palms, California.

The move enacts President Trump's executive orders issued shortly after he took office to intensify immigration enforcement.

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The deployment signals the military’s increased role in a much more aggressive immigration policy under the second Trump administration.

The famil of Agent David Maland, 44, said his career spanned nine years in the military and 15 in the federal government.

Acting Defence Secretary Robert Salesses said the Pentagon will provide military aircraft to support Department of Homeland Security deportation flights for more than 5,000 detained migrants and the troops will assist in the construction of barriers.

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Two days after President Donald Trump took the oath of office, active-duty U.S. military troops are preparing to head to the southern border.