Get the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app. Learn More. The visit came as immigration enforcement agents have continued to round up undocumented immigrants and the Defense Department has begun preparations for a 30,bed facility to hold migrants at the U.
Their dedication to service and unequalled [sic] courage safeguard the freedoms we hold dear. Shortly after taking office, Trump ordered 1, active-duty troops to join the roughly 2, National Guard and reserve forces already stationed at the U.
The U. Marines installing barbed wire on the border wall near San Ysidro, California, Navy sailors assisting in surveillance flights and Army soldiers patrolling the border in New Mexico. Handcuffed and bound immigrants being deported have also been flown out of the country on military flights, triggering anger and outrage in Latin America.
Ricardo Trevilla Trejo, and other senior Mexican military officials. The increasing militarization at the U. Last week, he announced he was ordering the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security to prepare Guantanamo Bay to detain as many as 30, immigrants.
Homan said Sunday he hopes to have the first detainees arrive within 30 days. During his campaign last year, Trump promised to deport millions of immigrants from the country and said he would use the military and local law enforcement to do so.
