Long stretches of the border are under the supervision of nearby military bases, empowering U.S. troops to detain people entering the country illegally.

Historically, Border Patrol’s El Paso sector — which includes all 180 miles of New Mexico’s border with Mexico and 84 miles of El Paso and Hudspeth counties in West Texas — has had among ...

The U.S. Air Force is slated to manage a new militarized border zone in Texas along the southern border with Mexico, the service announced. The stretch of land, known as a national defense area, spans ...

There are now two National Defense Areas covering a 170-mile stretch of New Mexico and Texas along the southern border. The areas allow US military personnel to work alongside border patrol to ...

A U.S. Army M1126 Infantry Carrier Vehicle, known as a Stryker, deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border stands guard in the Camino Real Landfill in Sunland Park, New Mexico on March 28, 2025.

Since El Paso joined Texas’ border mission in 2022, migrant remains discovered in the El Paso sector have increased every year, even as they have declined in every other part of the border. “We have ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave the directive to create the new zone June 18, an Air Force news release said. The new area, once the land leases are transferred, will be part of Joint Base San ...

The new budget approved by Texas lawmakers allocates about $3.4 billion for border security for two years. That amount will not be used to build out new projects for the wall and instead go to the ...

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) -- Two migrants were just convicted of trespassing into the recently established New Mexico National Defense Area. The Department of the Army established this ...

Deaths in the New Mexico desert surge after Texas' border crackdown reaches El Paso Since El Paso joined Operation Lone Star in 2022, migrant remains discovered in the desert west of the city have ...

The Texas border with Mexico is roughly 1,200 miles (1,931 kilometers). The wall has gone up at a slow pace as the state has navigated the drawn-out process of buying private land and confronting ...