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 asked the Pentagon for the troops to secure the border, two U.S. defense officials said, a potential escalation of the Trump administration’s use of the military in its immigration crackdown.

DHS spokesperson says the department has asked for the troops to help carry out President Donald Trump’s “mandate from the American people to arrest and deport criminal illegal aliens."