Five thousand troops for the entire US-Mexican border? Wow. That doesn't seem nearly enough to do the job properly.
Man, the president has really painted himself into a corner on this issue.
I'm with you. 25 to 30000 would be a more reasonable number.
Most numbers I've seen say the total should be up around 35,000, http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=14807
How long will individual deployments be? How long will the total force be in place?
To paraphrase Pat Benatar, its FAR too little and FAR too late!