Latest "National Guard border" stories

DoD is sending more support to the Mexico border mission

The Defense Department will help Customs and Border Protection contract for some transportation and facilities needed to process migrants crossing the border.

By Meghann Myers

18 months ago

Active-duty troops could be deployed along the southern border again

The chief of the National Guard bureau suggested that active-duty troops could replace his forces, which are scheduled to return home by Sept. 30.

By Meghann Myers

2 years ago

Unspent border wall funds will be rerouted back to military construction projects

The Defense Department gave up $3.6 billion in military construction funds to build border barriers.

By Meghann Myers

2 years ago

DoD didn’t put enough thought into the cost of border deployments, report finds

The Government Accountability Office found the Pentagon failed to plan for and report on the results of border wall deployments.

By Meghann Myers

3 years ago

New in 2021: Border deployments slowly winding down as more wall goes up

Troop presence is down about a third from the height of border deployments.

By Meghann Myers

3 years ago

2,100 mostly unarmed Guard troops on border as Trump vows to send more to stop migrant caravan

National Guard could send 2,000 more troops to border, if governors OK the deployment.

By Tara Copp, AP

5 years ago