President Donald Trump’s plans to secure the southern border moved ahead just days after he took office with the deployment of 1,500 ground personnel, a 60% increase in active duty troops.

The Defense Department is sending 1,500 active-duty service members and additional air and intelligence assets to the southern border to augment troops already conducting enforcement operations in ...

The Pentagon said Wednesday it has begun deploying 1,500 active duty troops to help secure the southern border, putting in motion plans President Donald Trump laid out in executive orders shortly ...

Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Salesses has approved the immediate deployment of 1,500 active-duty troops to the Mexico-U.S. border.

The House on Wednesday gave final approval to a bill that requires the detainment of unauthorized migrants accused of theft ...

The U.S. military will support deportation flights and intelligence collection and help construct barriers when 1,500 ...

Read about President Trump's appointment of Robert Salesses, a retired U.S. Marine Corps officer, as acting secretary of ...

President Donald Trump Chip Somodevilla/) The Pentagon is set to deploy 1,500 active duty troops to the southern border in the coming days, The Associated Press report ...

President Donald Trump has named an acting secretary of defense until his nominee, Pete Hegseth, gets confirmed by the U.S.