Dozens of Armored Vehicles Now Are Patrolling the Border. Critics Say It's Mainly About Appearances.

Dozens of armored vehicles now are patrolling the border. Critics say it’s mainly about appearances.

As President Trump has scaled up the use of the military at the southern border, the Army has deployed a growing amount of equipment that's usually used for war.

Dozens of armored vehicles now are patrolling the border. Critics say it's mainly about appearances.

As President Trump has scaled up the use of the military at the southern border, the Army has deployed a growing amount of equipment that's usually used for war.

The U.S. military established national defense areas around El Paso. The boundaries remain unclear.

Six weeks after the military took control of two swaths of land along the U.S.-Mexico border in New Mexico and West Texas, the boundaries of the so-called “national defense areas” remain unclear.  The move stemmed from a memo issued by President Donald Trump to allow the military to help halt the flow of migrants entering the United States even though the number of people crossing the southern border illegally began plummeting last year. However…

Military seizing massive swaths of public lands at the border

The Trump administration has transferred thousands of acres of federal land along the U.S.-Mexico border to be controlled by the Department of Defense (DoD). The transfer is part of an ongoing expansion of the military’s presence along the border which the administration claims is necessary to “control” illegal immigration.Critics of the land transfer, including some who live near the affected areas, have raised concerns about the environmental …

NOGALES- As part of the Trump administration’s strategy to secure the border, the installation of tanks in Nogales in southern Arizona is already a reality. The presence of vehicles and military elements near the border wall is part of the deployment. “We have the military support that at the moment they are helping us observe and have observation posts across the border,” explained Daniel Hernández, Border Patrol agent in the Tucson sector. Res…