Honduran migrants rest in the main square of Pijijiapan, Chiapas state, Mexico, the latest stop on the caravan heading to the US. AFP PHOTO
WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Pentagon is expected to deploy about 800 troops to the US-Mexico border, two US officials told Agence France-Presse on Thursday, after President Donald Trump said the military would help tackle a "national emergency" and called on a caravan of migrants to turn around.