DANA PERINO (HOST): Are these troops going to be armed?

RICK LEVENTHAL (FOX NEWS CORRESPONDENT): Well, we're told some of them will be. The ones who normally carry weapons will, in fact, carry weapons. But, of course, as we've been reporting, they won't be here to do any law enforcement-type operations. They will, though, be allowed to protect themselves if need be. They are here, of course, again at the request of the Department of Homeland Security and Border Protection to give those guys the support that they need so that the border agents can do their job, protecting against the people in this caravan, and trying to keep the people in the caravan from getting into the U.S. Of course, we've been hearing that there may be a greater chance of violence from some of the members of these caravans than border protection agents have seen in the past.

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