The Pentagon is deploying more soldiers at the border with Mexico to help CBP agents tackle the surge of illegal crossings. The crackdown comes after President Donald Trump declared a national emergency at the border and pledged to sustain "an invasion" of migrants who are entering the US illegally.

The U.S. military will order more than a thousand additional active duty troops to assist with U.S. Customs and Border

"We're just taking in women and small children that were left stranded in Tijuana, but little by little more and more are knocking."

Hours after the Pentagon announced that it would send 1,500 active duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico, reports surfaced that the number was actually 10,000.

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.

Declaring illegal immigration a national emergency, Trump ordered the Pentagon to provide support for border wall construction

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 launched a sweeping immigration crackdown, tasking the U.S. military with aiding border security, issuing a broad ban on asylum.

Robert Salesses, deputy director of the Pentagon’s Washington Headquarters ... support for aerial reconnaissance in support of CBP personnel on the ground,” NORTHCOM said.

Democratic mayors respond that they will go to prison if necessary. The Pentagon will deploy 1,500 soldiers to secure the border with Mexico. In the coming days, following the declaration of a national emergency and the executive orders of Donald Trump,

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.