The Defense Department has begun to repatriate illegal immigrants, using military cargo aircraft as the Trump administration steps up its crackdown at the southern border. The first such military flight out of El Paso,

President Trump is sending hundreds of troops to the southern border for a wide-ranging mission that poses new challenges and raises questions about the military’s role in handling migration,

Thousands of additional active duty US troops are being ordered to the southern US border with Mexico, just two days after President Donald Trump mandated that the US military step up its presence there,

The Pentagon said it has begun deploying 1,500 active duty troops to the southern border, including 500 Marines from Camp Pendleton.