The federal officer killed while on duty near the Canadian border has been identified as a U.S. Air Force veteran who provided security at the Pentagon during the Sept. 11 attacks.
Declaring illegal immigration a national emergency, Trump ordered the Pentagon to provide support for border wall construction
The Trump administration Monday ended use of a border app called CBP One that has allowed nearly 1 million people to legally enter the United States with eligibility to work.
President Donald Trump launched a sweeping immigration crackdown, tasking the U.S. military with aiding border security, issuing a broad ban on asylum.
He ordered the Pentagon to provide support for border wall construction, detention space and migrant transportation. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Robert Salesses is a retired Marine who served in the Gulf War and has been deputy director of the Pentagon’s Washington Headquarters Service.
President Donald Trump has named an acting defence secretary because his choice to lead the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, has not yet been confirmed by the Senate.
David “Chris” Maland, the Border Patrol agent killed Monday, was shot while conducting a traffic stop in a Vermont town near the Canadian border, according to the FBI’s latest update on the case.
It would be very hard for a president to override the advice he was getting from the secretary and the chairman [of the joint chiefs of staff],” noted Dick Cheney, who ran the Pentagon for George H.W.
The Pentagon will deploy up to 1,500 active-duty troops to the U.S. border with Mexico, following executive orders from President Donald Trump to use the military to seal the border.
The U.S. military will order more than a thousand additional active duty troops to assist with U.S. Customs and Border