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Air Force to manage new militarized zone along US-Mexico border

Military personnel will patrol and stop trespassers along the stretch of land, which spans 250 miles of the Rio Grande River in Texas.

By Zita Ballinger Fletcher

6 hours ago

Navy destroyer transfers 245 kilograms of seized contraband at sea

A U.S. Navy destroyer handed off 245 kilograms of illegal goods recovered by the Royal Canadian Navy to the U.S. Coast Guard in the Caribbean Sea.

2 weeks ago

Opinion

Militarizing America’s southern border is a slippery slope

The U.S. military has been hurled into an unprecedented and dangerous role as a police force along the U.S.-Mexico border, the author of this op-ed argues.

By Caroline Zier

5 weeks ago

Pentagon approves 1,100 more troops for southern border mission

The additional 1,100 troops would bring the military close to 10,000 total deployed in support of the border mission.

By Noah Robertson

6 weeks ago

Military border zone spurs charges against hundreds of migrants

Several hundred immigrants have been charged with unauthorized access to a newly designated militarized zone along the southern U.S. border.

7 weeks ago

Defense Department designates second military zone on southern border

Troops are authorized to take custody of migrants who illegally cross the border within the zone until they are transferred to civilian authorities.

8 weeks ago