Pentagon Plans to Deploy 1,500 Troops to Bolster U.S.-Mexico Border Security

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The Pentagon has announced plans to deploy as many as 1,500 active-duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico border in the coming days. This move follows executive orders issued by President Donald Trump shortly after taking office, signaling his administration’s intent to take stronger measures to combat illegal immigration.  

 

According to U.S. officials, Acting Defense Secretary Robert Salesses was expected to approve the deployment on Wednesday. While the specific units and total number of troops are still uncertain, the deployment aims to support existing border enforcement efforts. Approximately 2,500 National Guard and Reserve personnel are already stationed at the southern border, but no active-duty troops are currently involved.  

 

The role of the newly deployed forces is expected to include logistics, transportation, and construction of barriers, assisting border patrol agents. Similar tasks have been assigned to military personnel in the past under both the Trump and Biden administrations. However, these deployments could take a different turn, as there is ongoing discussion about whether the troops might engage in law enforcement, a departure from their traditional duties.  

 

By law, the Posse Comitatus Act prohibits U.S. military forces from performing domestic law enforcement functions. However, President Trump has directed officials to explore the possibility of invoking the 1807 Insurrection Act, which would allow troops to engage in civilian law enforcement on U.S. soil. The last time this act was invoked was in 1992 during the Los Angeles riots following the acquittal of police officers involved in the Rodney King case.  

 

President Trump has emphasized the importance of using military resources to address border security concerns. In his inaugural address, he declared, “I will declare a national emergency at our southern border. All illegal entry will immediately be halted, and we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places in which they came.”  

 

The current deployment echoes similar actions taken during Trump’s first term. In 2018, the president ordered more than 7,000 active-duty troops to the border to respond to a migrant caravan traveling through Mexico. The troops, including military police, combat engineers, and medical units, provided logistical support to border patrol agents by transporting personnel, erecting vehicle barriers, and setting up fencing.  

 

Additionally, military involvement has extended to assisting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with detention facilities. In 2021, the Biden administration utilized Fort Bliss in Texas as a temporary detention site for unaccompanied migrant children. However, the facility faced significant challenges, including overcrowding, exposure to harsh weather conditions, and insufficient staffing.  

 

Previous attempts to use military bases for detention have also faced logistical difficulties. For instance, in 2018, then-Defense Secretary Jim Mattis prepared Goodfellow Air Force Base in Texas to house up to 20,000 unaccompanied migrant children, but the plan was scrapped due to inadequate infrastructure.  

 

The decision to deploy additional troops marks another step in a long history of using military resources to address challenges at the U.S.-Mexico border. As this latest effort unfolds, it remains to be seen how the administration will navigate the legal and operational complexities of military involvement in border security.

 

Based on a report by NYP 2025-01-23

 

 

[KhunLA]

I think they need to add a '0' to that number, and 15k would be better, if not more 

[ujayujay]

...1500 Troops to Bolster 3145 km U.S.-Mexico Border Security, according to the motto, we have done something....Hold my Beer

[yardrunner]

12 hours ago, Social Media said:

 

The Pentagon has announced plans to deploy as many as 1,500 active-duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico border in the coming days. This move follows executive orders issued by President Donald Trump shortly after taking office, signaling his administration’s intent to take stronger measures to combat illegal immigration.  

 

According to U.S. officials, Acting Defense Secretary Robert Salesses was expected to approve the deployment on Wednesday. While the specific units and total number of troops are still uncertain, the deployment aims to support existing border enforcement efforts. Approximately 2,500 National Guard and Reserve personnel are already stationed at the southern border, but no active-duty troops are currently involved.  

 

 

The role of the newly deployed forces is expected to include logistics, transportation, and construction of barriers, assisting border patrol agents. Similar tasks have been assigned to military personnel in the past under both the Trump and Biden administrations. However, these deployments could take a different turn, as there is ongoing discussion about whether the troops might engage in law enforcement, a departure from their traditional duties.  

 

By law, the Posse Comitatus Act prohibits U.S. military forces from performing domestic law enforcement functions. However, President Trump has directed officials to explore the possibility of invoking the 1807 Insurrection Act, which would allow troops to engage in civilian law enforcement on U.S. soil. The last time this act was invoked was in 1992 during the Los Angeles riots following the acquittal of police officers involved in the Rodney King case.  

 

President Trump has emphasized the importance of using military resources to address border security concerns. In his inaugural address, he declared, “I will declare a national emergency at our southern border. All illegal entry will immediately be halted, and we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places in which they came.”  

 

The current deployment echoes similar actions taken during Trump’s first term. In 2018, the president ordered more than 7,000 active-duty troops to the border to respond to a migrant caravan traveling through Mexico. The troops, including military police, combat engineers, and medical units, provided logistical support to border patrol agents by transporting personnel, erecting vehicle barriers, and setting up fencing.  

 

Additionally, military involvement has extended to assisting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with detention facilities. In 2021, the Biden administration utilized Fort Bliss in Texas as a temporary detention site for unaccompanied migrant children. However, the facility faced significant challenges, including overcrowding, exposure to harsh weather conditions, and insufficient staffing.  

 

Previous attempts to use military bases for detention have also faced logistical difficulties. For instance, in 2018, then-Defense Secretary Jim Mattis prepared Goodfellow Air Force Base in Texas to house up to 20,000 unaccompanied migrant children, but the plan was scrapped due to inadequate infrastructure.  

 

The decision to deploy additional troops marks another step in a long history of using military resources to address challenges at the U.S.-Mexico border. As this latest effort unfolds, it remains to be seen how the administration will navigate the legal and operational complexities of military involvement in border security.

 

Based on a report by NYP 2025-01-23

 

 

 

[yardrunner]

Just now, yardrunner said:

Perhaps now is the time for the UK and the commonwealth to send peacekeeping troops to the Canadian border and if Trump tries to do a Putin they can send the S A S to burn the White House again. I am sure that Trump is senile enough to try and invade Canada and Greenland

 

[WDSmart]

Despicable! 

[Thingamabob]

37 minutes ago, yardrunner said:

 

Trump is not the first President to have joked about taking over Canada. Greenland, however, would be a strategically useful acquisition if a deal could be done with the Greenlanders/the Danes. 

[Purdey]

I have a cunning plan...

[Will B Good]

2 minutes ago, Purdey said:

I have a cunning plan...

 

 

Who could ever have foreseen that a ladder might overcome the wall?

 

These people are 'bordering' on genius.

[Cryingdick]

55 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

 

 

Who could ever have foreseen that a ladder might overcome the wall?

 

These people are 'bordering' on genius.

 

Just make it a helicopter for the win. I would dare any member of this forum to attempt climbing that ladder. If you make it up congrats now down the other side. If it was Asia you could just use a coconut tree. 

[Cryingdick]

1 hour ago, Purdey said:

I have a cunning plan...

 

That looks pretty effortless. lol 

[Will B Good]

Just now, Cryingdick said:

 

That looks pretty effortless. lol 

 

 

Are they trying to get into the US or trying to get out, having heard the outcome of the election?

[Tug]

1500 troops you say……and just how many new border patrol agents + the equipment to indirect fentanyl/drug smuggling + the judges and personnel to adjudicate asylum cases did .so ya lap up the b$ it’s just smoke and mirrors.this issue was addressed within our system of government trump killed it.

[illisdean]

2 hours ago, Tug said:

trump killed it

It was Biden who scrapped Trumps VERY effective EO's on border/immigration security and controls. You have NO IDEA what you are talking about as usual. Stop lying and show some proof of this "trump killed it"! Killed what exactly, the cartels illegal human trafficking gig...thats EXACTLY what Trump killed and he will do exactly that again. So stop with gaslighting and blatant lies.