Border Security

There are currently about 4,000 National Guard troops from 22 states and Puerto Rico on the border.

The Coast Guard must choose, prioritize and plan how it will face the challenges of the new world order.

The upcoming deployment to the border will take place "very soon" to guard against the spread of COVID-19.

The military has shifted 160 troops on the southern border.

Francisco Saul Rojas-Hernandez was charged with conspiracy to transport aliens within the United States for financial gain.

Paying for the border wall and the U.S. troop presence has become a major roadblock to passage of the defense budget.

The 13 junior Marines, all based at Camp Pendleton, have been charged for violating the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

The move will not, however, prevent the Defense Department from moving forward with the plan.

Kelly stressed that the American public respects its military because troops "serve the nation in an apolitical way.

The Pentagon's support of Trump's effort to build sections of a wall on the southern U.S. border has angered many Democrats.