Robert Besser
20 Apr 2025, 21:48 GMT+10
WASHINGTON DC - In a bid to combat illegal border crossings, the Trump Administration has enacted an emergency transfer of some 110,000 acres of federal land along the U.S.-Mexico border to the U.S. Army.
Upon taking office in January, President Donald Trump declared illegal immigration to be a national emergency and immediately assigned the U.S. military with providing assistance in border security.
The adjacent border lands in New Mexico are to be transferred to the Department of the Army for three years, officials said, where US soldiers will patrol the border and build appropriate infrastructure to prevent illegal crossings.
Besides slowing illegal crossings, soldiers will also seek to prevent drug smuggling, as well as human trafficking.
During the first Trump presidency, the Interior Department transferred 560 acres along the southern border to the Army to build a separation wall to block illegal border crossings.
Photo credit: U.S. Army | Sgt. Ist Class Andrew Sveen
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