US deploys 3,000 troops to Mexico border

United States — The Pentagon is deploying approximately 3,000 additional active-duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico border. This action, ordered by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the direction of President Donald Trump, aims to reinforce and expand current border security operations, clamp down on illegal immigration, and combat drug trafficking and transnational crime. The new forces, including elements of a Stryker brigade combat team and a general support aviation battalion, will join the existing 9,200 U.S. troops already stationed along the nearly 2,000-mile border. Donald Trump has expressed determination to expand the military's role in border security, including sending detained migrants back to their home countries and potentially using facilities like Guantanamo Bay detention camp for detention.