US to deploy nearly 3,000 additional troops to southern border

The United States will deploy nearly 3,000 additional troops to its border with Mexico, bringing the total number of active-duty personnel there to around 9,000, the US military said Saturday.<div class="paywall-selector"></div><div class="paywall">



Border security is a key priority for President Donald Trump, who declared a national emergency at the US frontier with Mexico on his first day in office.



&#8220;Approximately 2,400 soldiers from elements of the 2nd <a href="https://fortune.com/company/stryker/" target="_blank">Stryker</a> Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), 4th Infantry Division&#8221; will be sent to the border, along with &#8220;approximately 500 soldiers from the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade,&#8221; US Northern Command (NORTHCOM) said in a statement.



The Stryker unit &#8220;will not conduct or be involved in interdiction or deportation operations,&#8221; it said, but rather will assist in detection and monitoring, administrative duties and transportation and engineering support, among other tasks.



Troops from the aviation unit will meanwhile &#8220;assist in the movement of personnel, equipment, and supplies; and provide aerial medical evacuation capabilities,&#8221; NORTHCOM said.



&#8220;These deployments will bring additional agility and capability to further efforts to stop the flow of illegal migrancy and drugs at the southern border,&#8221; its commander, General Gregory Guillot said.



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Trump says &#8216;invasion&#8217; is over</h2>



The Trump administration has launched what it cast as a major effort to combat illegal migration that has included immigration raids, arrests and deportations.



Trump on Saturday hailed his administration&#8217;s border security efforts, posting on his Truth Social platform that &#8220;the Invasion of our Country is OVER.&#8221;



&#8220;Thanks to the Trump Administration Policies, the Border is CLOSED to all Illegal Immigrants. Anyone who tries to illegally enter the U.S.A. will face significant criminal penalties and immediate deportation,&#8221; the president wrote.



Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth visited the southern frontier at the beginning of last month, vowing that &#8220;we are going to get control of this border.&#8221;



He warned drug cartels that &#8220;all options are on the table,&#8221; after Trump signed an executive order in January that said they &#8220;constitute a national security threat beyond that posed by traditional organized crime.&#8221;



Hegseth also said that &#8220;any assets necessary&#8221; from the Defense Department will be used to support &#8220;the expulsion and detention of those in our country illegally,&#8221; including the US base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.



Trump unveiled a surprise plan last month to hold up to 30,000 migrants at the base &#8212; a facility notorious for abuses against terror suspects detained after the September 11, 2001 attacks &#8212; and US forces have held dozens of people there in recent weeks, many of whom have since been deported.</div>

The additional troops will bring the total number of active-duty personnel there to around 9,000, the US military said Saturday.

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