US EditionDefense Department designates a second military zone on US border, extending into Texas
- The Pentagon established a second military zone along a 63-mile strip of the Texas-Mexico border near Fort Bliss in early May 2025.
- This move follows a similar designation last month in New Mexico and aims to bolster the Trump administration's effort to curb illegal immigration using military support.
- The zones, officially called national defense areas, allow U.S. Soldiers to detect, monitor, and temporarily detain migrants trespassing on a narrow 60-foot-wide strip that is part of military installations.
- Gen. Gregory Guillot stated that creating a second national defense zone expands the military’s ability to monitor and respond to unlawful crossings along the southern border, allowing service members to temporarily hold trespassers until law enforcement can take custody.
- The expanded military presence, including nearly 8,000 deployed troops and surveillance assets, signals a heightened enforcement strategy that may serve as a model for broader border security efforts.
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US creates new military zone on Mexico border
The US military has created a second military zone along the border with Mexico, adding an area in Texas where troops can temporarily detain migrants or trespassers after another such area was designated in New Mexico last month.
US military establishes second enforcement zone on Mexico border as Trump ramps up immigration crackdown
WASHINGTON, May 3 — The US military has created a second military zone along the border with Mexico, adding an area in Texas where troops can temporarily detain migrants or trespassers after another such area was designated in New Mexico last month. President Donald Trump has launched an aggressive immigration enforcement campaign since taking office, increasing troops at the southern border and pledging to deport millions of immigrants in the U…
US Creates New Military Zone Along Southern Border
The United States on Thursday announced the creation of a second military zone along its southern border with Mexico, further expanding the military’s presence in the area. Dubbed the “Texas National Defense Area,” and announced late on May 1, it is a 63-mile stretch that runs east from the Texas-New Mexico state line in El Paso. The zone’s creation follows the creation in April of a first military zone along a 60-foot-wide corridor called the R…
Texas Border Zone: Trump's New Front in Immigration Crackdown
A second military zone, the 'Texas National Defense Area,' has been established along the U.S.-Mexico border. The move, part of President Trump's stringent immigration control strategy, allows troops to temporarily detain migrants without invoking the Insurrection Act of 1807, although no detentions have yet occurred.
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