Customs and Border Protection data supports this claim. Migrant encounters in the El Paso Sector, which covers the entire state of New Mexico, dropped from 30,000 in April 2024 to just under 2,000 ...

Trump establishes third National Defense Area at southern border, giving Air Force control of federal land and expanding military authority to apprehend migrants amid legal concerns.

In total, federal Border Patrol agents stationed at the southern border intercepted 29,116 migrants trying to cross last month, down from more than 47,000 in December 2024 and upwards of 124,000 ...

January 22, 2025 5:47 pm The U.S. military has deployed approximately 1,500 troops to the southern border to aid the Department of Homeland Security’s border security measures.

Significant defense and border/immigration funding is necessary to rebuild America’s Navy, defend the homeland from missile attacks from abroad, and to reverse the invasion enabled by Biden’s ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered about 3,000 active-duty troops to the southern U.S. border, including soldiers from a motorized brigade equipped with 20-ton armored Stryker combat ...

Both the Defense Department and border state governors currently have troops deployed along the border, though it’s not yet clear how Trump’s actions will transform these missions.

With the border quiet, Texas ponders spending another $6.5 billion on border security “With President Trump being in the White House, I would foresee the federal government spending more money.

The newly defined National Defense Area in New Mexico covers over 170 square miles, extending as far as five miles north of the actual border in some places.