Until now, the military has limited itself to a supporting role at the border: surveilling for illegal crossings by ground ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth vowed during a visit to the southwestern border on Monday to use thousands of U.S. active-duty ...

Gov. Greg Abbott, seeking about $11 billion to defray state spending on border security, didn’t come empty handed to ...

So far, the military has maintained low visibility in San Diego. The Marines laid concertina wire Friday at the bottom of an 18-foot-high (5.5-meter-high) border wall that already had wire on top.

U.S. Marines install barbed wire along the border fence Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, in San Diego. Credit: AP/Jae C. Hong Trump has already broken from predecessors. While the military has housed ...

Second, the military can provide assistance with the physical security of the border through increased personnel, surveillance, and assistance in the construction of the border wall. And finally ...

So far, the military has maintained low visibility in San Diego. The Marines laid concertina wire Friday at the bottom of an 18-foot-high border wall that already had wire on top. Migrants who ...