This is just the beginning,” one Defense official said about the deployment of active-duty troops to the border with Mexico.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon said Wednesday it has begun deploying 1,500 active duty troops to help secure the southern border, putting in motion plans President Donald Trump laid out in executive orders shortly after he took office to crack down on immigration.
The troops will join 2,500 Army Reserve and National Guard soldiers who’ve been called to active duty in recent months.
The move enacts President Trump's executive orders issued shortly after he took office to intensify immigration enforcement.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said that he and President Donald Trump want to “bring the warrior culture back to the Department of Defense.”
Whatever is needed at the border will be provided,” Pete Hegseth, the new defense secretary, told reporters on Monday.
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said Wednesday it has begun deploying ... a nod to the president’s directive to rename the Gulf of Mexico. Trump has referred to Canada as the ‘51st state ...
The deployment signals the military’s increased role in a much more aggressive immigration policy under the second Trump administration.
This was the first time in recent memory that military aircraft were used to fly migrants out of the country, one U.S. official said.
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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon will begin deploying as many as 1,500 active duty troops to help secure the southern border in the coming days, the White House confirmed on Wednesday, putting in motion plans President Trump laid out in executive orders shortly after he took office to crack down on immigration.
The Pentagon also will provide military aircraft ... a nod to the president’s directive to rename the Gulf of Mexico. Trump said during his inaugural address on Monday that “I will declare ...