Designating Cartels, Deploying Forces
A coordinated set of actions reclassifies major transnational traffickers as terrorist entities and pairs that legal shift with a national emergency that broadens military and federal roles at the southern…
A Hard Line, Rolled Out: How New Border Rules Will Be Put to Work
A package of Day One actions centers on a national emergency declaration, expanded military and National Guard deployments, resumed wall construction, and administrative steps intended to sharply increase removals and…
Inside the New Anti‑Cartel Border Push: Construction, Command, and the Costs of Control
The administration’s border plan combines resumed wall construction, stepped-up port inspections across 328 entry points, expanded military support and terrorism-style designations for major cartels. Implementation uses contractor-led construction, Navy and…
New Border Security Measures Implemented in Southern California
The Department of Homeland Security has waived environmental regulations to expedite the construction of 2.5 miles of border wall near Jacumba Hot Springs, as part of a broader plan for…