This is just the beginning,” one Defense official said about the deployment of active-duty troops to the border with Mexico.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said that he and President Donald Trump want to “bring the warrior culture back to the Department of Defense.”

Whatever is needed at the border will be provided,” Pete Hegseth, the new defense secretary, told reporters on Monday.

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said Wednesday it has begun deploying ... a nod to the president’s directive to rename the Gulf of Mexico. Trump has referred to Canada as the ‘51st state ...

This was the first time in recent memory that military aircraft were used to fly migrants out of the country, one U.S. official said.

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said Wednesday it has begun deploying ... a nod to the president’s directive to rename the Gulf of Mexico. Trump said during his inaugural address on Monday that ...

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon will begin deploying as many as ... guard at a checkpoint near the International Bridge between Mexico and the United States, where migrants are waiting to be processed ...

The Trump administration's use of U.S. military aircraft to return deportees has raised alarms throughout Latin America.

The Trump administration didn’t waste any time in enacting their immigration agenda as ICE raids were performed in cities across the country and more troops were deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border. Former Deputy Press Secretary of the Department of Defense Sabrina Singh shares her thoughts on these developments and more.

The actions prompted a tense standoff between the U.S. and Colombia after Colombia's president turned away deportation flights from the U.S. Trump then threatened tariffs as high as 25% against the South American nation, causing its leader to reverse course and accept deported migrants.

Premier combat troops have been ordered to the southern border, as part of Trump’s militarization of immigration.