January 23, 2025 | 01:08 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The U.S. military will send 1,500 additional active-duty troops to the border with Mexico, the White House said on Wednesday, January 22, 2025. This development came just two days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order on immigration.
Citing Reuters, the additional troops include 500 Marines, as well as Army helicopter crews and intelligence analysts. They will join 2,200 active-duty troops and thousands of National Guard that were on the border prior to Trump's inauguration this week.
During his first term, Republican Trump ordered 5,200 troops to help secure the border with Mexico. Democratic former President Joe Biden deployed active-duty troops to the border as well.
"This comes off of (Trump's) day one action... to direct the Department of Defense to make homeland security a core mission of the agency," White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt told reporters.
A separate official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said there had been informal discussions about sending as many as 10,000 troops over time. But, officials cautioned, a final figure had not been determined and troop numbers would depend on several factors, including the impact on military readiness and what the Department for Homeland Security requests.
Acting Defense Secretary Robert Salesses said the U.S. military would help provide flights for Department of Homeland Security-led deportations of more than 5,000 immigrants held by U.S. authorities in El Paso, Texas, and San Diego, California.
"DHS will provide in-flight law enforcement, and the State Department will obtain the requisite diplomatic clearances," Salesses said.
On Wednesday, Donald Trump's administration directed U.S. prosecutors to criminally probe local officials who resist immigration enforcement efforts. Trump, in his first day in office, declared illegal immigration a national emergency, tasking the U.S. military with aiding border security, issuing a broad ban on asylum, and taking steps to restrict citizenship for children born on American soil.
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