The Pentagon will begin deploying as many as 1,500 active duty troops to help secure the southern border in the coming days, U.S. officials said Wednesday.

The new administration has also halted all refugee travel and processing, leaving thousands stranded as they wait to come to the US.

U.S. officials say the Pentagon will begin deploying as many as 1,500 active duty troops to help secure the southern border in the coming days

Troops have assisted at the border before and will be limited to support roles unless the administration invokes the Insurrection Act.

The U.S. military will send 1,500 additional active-duty troops to the border with Mexico, the White House said on Wednesday, just two days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order on immigration.