Latest "National Guard Border Mission" stories

Pentagon’s US-Mexico border mission extends for another year

Up to 2,500 troops are authorized through September 2023.

By Meghann Myers

13 months ago

This is what it’ll take to end the military’s border mission

Federalized troops have been deploying to the border since 2018.

By Meghann Myers

20 months ago

Pentagon extends border deployment for active duty troops through September

Active duty troops were first sent to the border in October 2018 to secure it from an arriving caravan of migrants.

By Tara Copp, AP

5 years ago

Pentagon: Troop contingent on border ‘pretty much peaked’

The number of U.S. active-duty troops deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border has “pretty much peaked” at the current total of 5,800, the Pentagon’s No. 2 official said Thursday.

By Robert Burns, The Associated Press

5 years ago

Mattis: Troops to stop using the term ‘secure’ at border locations

The military will have met initial the DHS request within the next week, but forces will remain through the holidays, at least.

By Tara Copp, AP

5 years ago

Mattis to visit border troops; still no cost estimate for mission

Up to 7,000 active-duty forces are responding to the caravan. But are they in the right place?

By Tara Copp, AP

5 years ago