Military Takes Over Another Stretch of Public Border Land in Effort to Catch and Charge Migrants
Another stretch of federal land along the border has been transferred to the U.S. military, this time in Texas, expanding the territory in which troops can be used to apprehend migrants and the government can pursue trespassing charges. U.S. Northern Command announced on Thursday that the new area will be an extension of Fort Bliss […]
Migrants Face a Novel Criminal Charge in New Military Border Zone
SANTA FE, N.M. — Immigrants recently detained in southernmost New Mexico now face a novel criminal charge of breaching a national defense area, after the U.S. Army assumed oversight of a 170-mile (274-kilometer) strip along the southern U.S. border in cooperation with immigration authorities. Federal prosecutors on Monday applied the additional charge for incursions into […]
Military Zone Along Border Means New — Potentially Harsher — Penalties for Newly Detained Migrants
Migrants are now being apprehended and charged with trespassing on a new narrow stretch of Department of Defense-controlled land in New Mexico, defense officials and attorneys told Military.com, marking new legal battles for the U.S. government. As of Monday, at least 28 migrants were charged with violating security regulations as well as entering the U.S. […]
Intel Soldiers Deploying to Border as Military Increases Role in Trump Immigration Push
The Pentagon will deploy nearly 200 intelligence and signals troops to the border, according to a military news release Wednesday, adding to the more than 10,000 troops border-wide amid President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. Eighty Army “military intelligence professionals” from Fort Drum, New York, and the XVIII Airborne Corps headquartered out of Fort Bragg, North […]
Military Takeover Could Extend Miles North of Border, Conservationists Warn
The Trump administration’s plan to transfer federal land along the southern border to the U.S. military includes lands in New Mexico that extend well beyond the Roosevelt Reservation, a 60-foot strip of land along much of the border, signaling to conservationists that additional public lands in Arizona are also vulnerable to Army takeover. That could […]
Fort Carson Strykers Head to US-Mexico Border to Help with Immigration Enforcement
In brisk and windy weather Tuesday, Fort Carson soldiers eased roughly 20-ton Strykers onto flat rail cars for their trip to the U.S.-Mexico border to help with illegal immigration enforcement. The slow roll of the eight-wheeled Strykers was followed by the clanking of chains as soldiers tied down the vehicles. Other 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat […]
Fort Carson Strykers Cleared to Transport Border Patrol Agents
Soldiers from Fort Carson have been cleared to transport Customs and Border Patrol agents while they assist with illegal-immigration enforcement. Northern Command said in a news release Tuesday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had granted military service members additional authority to assist with immigration enforcement, including transportation and helping “detect, track, and monitor movements” using […]
Trump Moves to Close Gaps in San Diego Border Fence, But Environmental Concerns Linger
The border wall system running through San Diego County has been one of the most fortified stretches in the southwest for decades, beginning with a border security push in the 1990s and continuing with miles of replacement fencing constructed during President Donald Trump’s first administration. But some spots remain where there is no fence at all, […]
Military's Border Mission Now Includes Coordinated Patrols with Mexican Counterparts
In a sharp escalation of border security efforts, U.S. and Mexican forces will soon begin synchronized patrols along their respective sides of the southern border, the Pentagon announced Wednesday. The joint effort underscores the Trump administration’s push to have an aggressive posture on the border, a part of a key campaign promise President Donald Trump […]
Thousands of US and Mexican Troops Are at The Border. Here’s Where They Are and What They’re Doing
SAN DIEGO — Border commuters are experiencing an extra layer of screening at the San Diego-Tijuana border as Mexican soldiers began randomly searching vehicles for drugs at U.S. ports of entry. The searches in Mexico are believed to be unprecedented in recent history. Thousands of troops have been deployed to both sides of the U.S.-Mexico […]