Shanahan traveled to McAllen, Texas, to meet with officials and visit a migrant processing facility and Border Patrol station, two days after the White House announced Trump's intention to nominate the former Boeing Co executive as defense secretary. 'We're not going to leave until the
MCALLEN, Texas - Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan made his second trip to the U.S.-Mexico border on Saturday as the Pentagon looks to develop a longer-term plan to support President Donald Trump's immigration policies.
Shanahan was accompanied by another acting secretary, Kevin McAleenan, who leads the Department of Homeland Security after a shake-up instigated by Trump, whose hard-line immigration policies have not stemmed a rising tide of migrants. Shanahan told a small group of reporters traveling with him that military assistance would not continue"indefinitely," but that it would be in place longer than months.
The official added that the Pentagon was reviewing a recent request from DHS to provide housing for detained migrants.
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