According to the Associated Press, CQ Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will visit the U.S.-Mexico border to assess the military’s progress in strengthening the wall section.
The Department of Defense deployed 1,500 active-duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico border two days after President Donald Trump’s inauguration. Earlier this month, more service personnel were taken to the border.
According to the Associated Press, there are about 9,200 U.S. troops on the border, 4,200 of which are deployed under federal orders. The other 5,000 are National Guard.
Charles Q. Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. March 21, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
Trump State Department announces Tren de Aragua of Mexican drug cartel MS-13 as a foreign terrorist group
The Trump administration on Wednesday designated eight gangs and cartels as foreign terrorist groups, including Tren de Alaguya, Sinaloa cartel and MS-13. The move expands the U.S. government’s capacity to combat criminal organizations that operate on its territory.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a public notice that under Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, there is a “sufficient factual basis” to issue the designation.
The Department of Defense announced that on Wednesday, U.S. Northern Commander Gregory M. Guillot and Mexican Defense Secretary Ricardo Trevilla Trejo talked about coordination along the border and A common agreement was signed for cooperative activities.
More than a thousand immigrants waiting to enter the United States from Juarez, Mexico. (Fox News Numbers/Jon Michael Raasch)
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The agreement allegedly calls for increased information sharing and improved communication methods and calls on Mexico and the United States to respect each other’s sovereignty.
Force deployment and wall fortifications are part of Trump’s crackdown on the southern border.
An immigrant is preparing to board a flight to Guantanamo Bay. Experts say illegal immigration detention in Guantanamo could pose legal challenges. (Division of Homeland Security)
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Earlier this month, the Trump administration began sending flights of illegal immigrants to Guantanamo Bay detention centers in Cuba.
About 30,000 “criminal illegal foreigners” can be held in a base that once was hundreds of prisoners, with only 15 left behind before Trump began sending immigrants there.
