According to a report by Reuters, on Friday, US President Donald Trump said that the now thousands strong caravan of illegal immigrants hit the US-Mexico border will not be fired upon by troops. On Monday, the Pentagon said that it had deployed over 5,200 troops to the border after Trump said on Twitter that he was sending the military in response to the migrant caravan. On Wednesday, Trump said that the United States was ready to send as many as 15,000 troops to the border.