The president of the United States, Donald Trumphas taken a firm step toward its promise to strengthen border security by order the deployment of troops to the border with Mexicoaccording to US media reports this Wednesday.
Although he Pentagon has not offered official details about the operation or its start date, chains such as CNN reports that thousands of troops could be mobilized. On the other hand, Fox News, citing an official from the Department of Defense, points out that they will be 1,500 additional soldiers.
This deployment will be added to the 2,200 active military personnel and 4,500 reservists of the Texas National Guard that already operate in the region.
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According to CNNthe new troops will perform functions similar to those of the troops already present, focused on Support Customs and Border Protection (CBP) with logistical and administrative tasks, such as vehicle maintenance and data entry.
US military is ordering thousands more troops to the southern border with Mexico days after Trump mandated an increased presence there
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January 22, 2025
During his first term (2017-2021), Trump has already ordered the sending of 5,200 troops to the border with Mexico.
This Monday, hours after assuming the presidency again, he signed an executive order instructing the Pentagon to mobilize the troops necessary to achieve a “complete operational control of the southern border of the United States.”
The order also states that Trump will evaluate in the next 90 days the possibility of invoking the Insurrection Act of 1807which would allow the military to assume law enforcement functions within the country, in a role closer to that currently performed by security forces.
Currently, troops deployed on the border do not have authorization to carry out police tasks, such as arresting migrants or seizing drugs.
In the United States, laws such as Posse County in 1878 They prohibit the armed forces from acting as police in national territory.
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