DHS could request up to 10,000 troops to help with efforts along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to an internal Border Patrol memo obtained by ABC News.
Donald Trump has sent 1,500 additional troops to the US-Mexico border with plans to increase the US military presence to 10,000 troops in a severe immigration crackdown.
In the first 48 hours of his second administration, President Trump’s string of executive orders on the border crisis began to turn the tide on illegal immigration.
Border officials say the attack bolsters President Trump’s claims that the U.S.-Mexico border is more lawless than official statistics indicate.
Hours after the Pentagon announced that it would send 1,500 active duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico, reports surfaced that the number was actually 10,000.
The U.S. southern border has seen a sharp drop in migrant encounters entering between ports of entry at the southern border, according to a CBP source.
The program that resulted—"Mexico Embraces You"—aims to shelter deported Mexicans, some 5 million of whom are estimated to be living in the United States illegally and thus at risk of being sent back.
Illegal crossings at the southern border were lower in December 2024 than in December 2020, Border Patrol data showed.
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