U.S. military personnel are reflected on a map as they listen to Jose Luis Maheda during a briefing at the U.S. Border Patrol station in Nogales, Ariz., Tuesday, July 22, 2025.

The new section is part of a plan to close 'critical' gaps in the border wall and enhance security operations.

U.S. troop deployments at the border have tripled to 7,600 and include every branch of the military — even as the number of attempted illegal crossings plummets and Trump has authorized funding ...

Shouts ring out, an alert is sounded and a U.S. Border Patrol SUV races toward the wall — warning enough to send the man scrambling back over it, disappearing into Mexico.

A view from inside a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle shows the U.S.-Mexico border fence at dawn in Sunland Park, N.M., Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (Jae C. Hong/AP) NOGALES, Ariz. — Inside an armored ...

NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — President Donald Trump has thrust the military into a central role in deterring illegal crossings into the U.S. at its southern border. The strategy is playing out in ...

Shouts ring out, an alert is sounded and a U.S. Border Patrol SUV races toward the wall — warning enough to send the man scrambling back over it, disappearing into Mexico.