Texas National Guard can now arrest and detain people who illegally enter the US
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas National Guard soldiers can arrest and detain people for entering the U.S. illegally from Mexico ...
Razor wire, security cameras added to sections of Arizona border
The area where the changes are being made is near a residential zone, which human smugglers often take advantage of according to border patrol.
Wiping out cartels will be ‘great gift’ to Mexico, ‘border czar’ says
The thousands of troops coming to the Southwest border will be a “force multiplier” for immigration agents to finally stop ...
Defense Secretary Vows to Use Thousands of Active-Duty Troops to Secure Border
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth vowed during a visit to the southwestern border on Monday to use thousands of U.S. active-duty ...
Mexican cartels targeting Border Patrol agents with kamikaze drones, explosives amid Trump crackdown: report
Mexican drug cartels have planned attacks on U.S. Border Patrol agents with kamikaze drones and other explosives to combat a ...
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Sending Mexican troops to the border could put migrants at risk, expert says
The Mexican National Guard has a checkered human rights history, with a few recent high-profile cases in which migrants have ...
Show of force at the border as Secretary of Defense pays an uncommon visit
Although active-duty troops have been sent to the border by administrations of both parties, including the Biden administration, visits by Defense secretaries are uncommon. In 2018, Defense Secretary ...
Mexican drug cartels plan attacks on Border Patrol agents with kamikaze drones and other explosives to fight US crackdown
Federal agents working the border are also advised to “carry proper equipment” at all times, including first-aid kids, tourniquets and body armor. The memo also notes that rifles ...
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Border Czar Tom Homan: Border Security Is National Security
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Border Czar Tom Homan held a press conference at the U.S.-Mexico border today, outlining ...
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth visits US-Mexico border, pledges to gain ‘operational control’
Hegseth told reporters Monday that the thousands of additional troops deployed to the region are there to help free up overwhelmed border agents who are there to repel an “invasion.” ...
Tariff threats take aim at fentanyl trafficking. Here’s how the drug reaches the US
President Donald Trump's threat of tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China is aimed at stopping the flow of fentanyl ...