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 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 Department of Homeland Security 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.