The Department of Homeland Security has asked for 20,000 National Guard troops to assist with immigration roundups across the country, and the Pentagon is reviewing the unusual request, a U.S. official confirmed to The Associated Press.

The request, which is under review by the Pentagon, is part of a renewed push by the Trump administration to ramp up arrests of undocumented migrants

The Department of Justice is asking for 20,000 National Guard soldiers for their crackdown on immigration. Also, a judge dismissed charges against 98 migrants caught in the military zone at the southern border.