The Pentagon is sending about 3,000 more active-duty troops to the US-Mexico border

Pentagon to send an added 3,000 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border

WASHINGTON — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that another round of active-duty troops will head to the U.S.-Mexico border in the coming weeks at the behest of President Donald Trump.

10th Mountain Division arrives at Fort Huachuca

U.S. soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division arrive at Fort Huachuca on Feb. 13, 2025, to help U.S. Customs and Border Protection along the border.

Immigration is one of the major concerns of US President Donald Trump. At the border between the United States and Mexico, about 9,000 US soldiers were deployed, with the 3,000 announced last weekend, to fight illegal immigration. Just over a month after Trump came to power in the United States, a state of affairs on the border between the two countries.

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3,000 more US troops deployed to southern border: Report

Approximately 3,000 additional active-duty troops will reportedly be deployed to the southern border between the United States and Mexico following the Trump administration’s announcement that a Stryker brigade combat team and a general support aviation battalion would be sent to help secure the border. In a Saturday press release, Sean Parnell, chief spokesman for the Defense Department, announced, “As directed by President Trump, Secretary of …

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KTLO)--Fort Carson will be sending just over 2,000 soldiers to the southern border at the direction of the White House. According to Fort Carson staff, they say they will be sending people from two different teams. Leaders with the White House say this will be an effort to defend U.S. territory. This is the second time Fort Carson soldiers have gone to the U.S.-Mexico border this year. The post Fort Carson sends more tha…