The Ministry of Defense (DOD) sends 1,140 extra American troops to the southern border of the United States to help strengthen the efforts of American customs and border protection (CBP) to control the influx of illegal immigrants.
“The DOD continues to collaborate with the Ministry of Domestic Security to fill gaps of critical capacities on the southern border in accordance with the executive order of President Trump,” protecting the American people against invasion, “said US Northern Command (USNORLHCC).
There are currently 4,300 American active troops at the Southern border, And another 1,140 troops bring the total to 5,440 active service members.
Usnorthcom said that the extra troops will support joint taskforce operations, including command and control of sustainable units and coordination of logistical support, support sites for field food and control of logistics movement.
United States Marine Corps Troops Patrol the border area of ​​the US-Mexico, seen from San Diego 7 February 2025. (Carlos Moreno/Nurphoto via Getty images)
The army units that are used come from the 101st Division Sustainment Brigade, Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Alpha Company, 189th Division Sustainment Support Battalion (DSSB), Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Bravo Company, 68th DSSB, Fort Carson, Colorado; Charlie Company, 129th DSSB, Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Head office and head office, 264th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; 70th Movement Control Team, Joint Base Langey-Eustis, Virginia; and 564th Quartermaster Company, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.
The Trump government has designated eight gangs and cartels, including the Aragua, the Sinaloa cartel and MS-13, foreign terrorist organizations in a movement that extends the capacity of the US government to combat criminal organizations that are active on its territory.
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The Pentagon can be seen from a flight that rises from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, VA. (Alex Wong/Getty images)
Secretary Marco Rubio said that at the time of the announcement there was a “sufficient factual basis” this month based on section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to publish the instructions against the gangs and cartels.
The Trump government also started flights from illegal immigrants to the detention site of Guantánamo Bay in Cuba in Cuba earlier this month.
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About 30,000 “criminal illegal alien beings” could be kept at the base that once housed hundreds of prisoners, of whom there were only 15 left before Trump began to send migrants there.
Rachel Wolf from Fox News Digital has contributed to this report.
