The president has directed the U.S. military to reinforce the border, and the acting secretary of defense on Wednesday announced the Pentagon is sending around 1,500 active duty troops to the country’s southern border, joining 2,500 active duty personnel already there.

Agents from a handful of federal agencies combined to arrest more than 40 people in the country illegally early Sunday during a raid in Adams County, Colorado, the local office of the Drug Enforcement Administration said.

The president suggested 30,000 migrants could be housed on the base. It is unclear how the plan will take shape.

President Donald Trump has signed 10 executive orders on immigration and issued a slew of edicts to carry out promises of mass deportations and border security.

The Pentagon is deploying an additional 1,500 active-duty troops to the southern border as part of immigration crackdown, according to a U.S. official. A former top DOJ immigration official who ...

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

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.

Border czar Tom Homan told NBC News that several people with criminal convictions were apprehended in Chicago.