Sgt. James A. Slape, a 23-year-old explosive ordnance disposal technician from Morehead City, North Carolina, was killed Thursday by a roadside bomb as he worked to clear an area of explosives in southern Helmand in Afghanistan.
Multiple states along the Gulf Coast declared a state of emergency in anticipation of Tropical Storm Gordon, which is expected to strengthen and potentially hit the region as a hurricane Tuesday night.
Photos released by U.S. Border Patrol provide insight into the role National Guard aircrews are playing to secure the southwestern border with Mexico. Operation Guardian Support reportedly assists in reducing the time needed to arrest smugglers and run rescue operations.
A suspected human smuggler attempting to flee from local police sent six people to the hospital following a high-speed crash. The driver of a car not involved in the chase was airlifted with critical injuries.
Thirty California Democrats are calling on Governor Jerry Brown to remove the state’s 400 National Guard members from the U.S.-Mexico border because of President Donald Trump’s “zero-tolerance” illegal immigration policy.
Georgia Gubernatorial Candidate and Lt. Governor of Georgia Casey Cagle said on Saturday that President Donald Trump’s effort to enforce federal immigration laws that are on the books but ignored by the previous administration is in keeping with his campaign pledge to put Americans’ best interest first.
California National Guard troops will continue their mission at the U.S. southern border as of Tuesday, a spokesperson for Gov. Jerry Brown’s office told the Palm Springs Desert Sun.
Republican Governor Larry Hogan announced on Tuesday that Maryland would cancel the deployment of four National Gaurd members to the border, while Democrat Governor Ralph Northam said four soldiers and a helicopter will return to Virginia.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Monday he will not deploy the National Guard to the border amid growing criticism of the Trump administration’s policies toward immigrant children.
Stephen Colbert called Attorney General Jeff Sessions “evil” on Thursday for enforcing the “tragic” and “shocking” immigration policy of separating illegal border-crossing parents from their children. Colbert called the policy “new” but failed to mention the Obama administration instituted similar enforcement.
President Donald Trump’s administration will soon build a tent city near the United States-Mexico border close to El Paso, Texas, that will house hundreds of young border crossers.
Virginia National Guard Soldier Joshua Philip Yabut has been arrested following the alleged theft and subsequent chase of an armored vehicle into downtown Richmond, Virginia.
Two brothers, one serving in the National Guard and the other serving in the U.S. Border Patrol, are teamed up in Operation Guardian Support to help secure the Texas border with Mexico.
Two hundred National Guard troops are now set to be stationed in the San Diego and El Centro sectors of the U.S. southern border in California, after a virtual ping-pong rally on whether or not California Gov. Jerry Brown would accept them.
Students at the University of California, Santa Barbara, (UCSB) had some strong opinions about President Donald Trump’s decision to deploy troops to the U.S.-Mexico border but seemed shocked when they learned former President Barack Obama did the same thing.
Hundreds of additional National Guard troops ordered by the Trump administration may finally make it to the U.S. southern border in California after fierce negotiations between California officials and their federal counterparts.
President Donald Trump praised San Diego County on Thursday for defying California’s “sanctuary state” laws, and criticized Governor Jerry Brown for insisting that 400 National Guard troops deployed in the state not be used to enforce immigration laws.
San Diego County’s Board of Supervisors voted 3-1 on Tuesday to support the U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit against California’s sanctuary laws.
Days after California’s governor accepted President Donald Trump’s offer of additional National Guard troops to secure the U.S. southern border, uncertainty remains as to what troops would be doing when and if they are deployed to the U.S. southern border in California.
The majority of America’s working and middle classes support President Trump’s decision this month to send between 2,000 to 4,000 National Guard troops to the United States-Mexico border to provide logistical help to overwhelmed Border Patrol agents.
President Donald Trump thanked California Governor Jerry Brown for sending the National Guard to the southern border of California, despite the governor’s refusal to allow them to enforce immigration laws.
California Governor Jerry Brown has agreed to put 400 National Guard troops at the U.S. southern border in his state, at the request of President Donald Trump.
California Governor Jerry Brown is still silent after Secretary of Defense Jim “Mad-Dog” Mattis signed the order to deploy up to 4,000 National Guardsmen to the Mexican border.
President Donald Trump is set to send at least 2,000 fewer troops to the United States-Mexico border than former President George W. Bush did in 2006.
President Donald Trump’s latest order, in which he demands an end to “Catch and Release,” comes less than a month after he signed the omnibus spending bill which expanded the program, allowing for more illegal aliens caught at the border to be released into the United States.
California Governor Jerry Brown has not refused President Donald Trump’s call to deploy the California National Guard to assist interdictions of illegal immigrants and drugs along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Former Mexican President Vicente Fox is using a t-shirt to tease President Trump about his proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, and he’s laughing all the way to the bank.
Border Patrol agents welcomed the news of President Donald Trump’s order activating the National Guard to assist with securing the southwest border with Mexico. Agents said the move will put more agents on the front line and help make the border safer.
Saturday on MSNBC, Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform member, called on that Republican-led committee to look into President Donald Trump’s decision to deploy National Guard troops to secure the United States-Mexico border. “As somebody
Rep. Steve King (R-IA) joined SiriusXM host Rebecca Mansour and guest host Frances Martel for a Friday interview on Breitbart News Tonight in which he called for the deployment of the National Guard to “sanctuary cities” in California to combat immigration-related “lawlessness.”
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters on Friday that the approximately 4,000 U.S. National Guard members the Trump administration seeks to send to the border is just “a good start.”
The leftwing American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) responded to news that President Donald Trump is sending National Guard Troops to the Southern Border, claiming the military does not “belong” on the country’s frontiers.
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Outnumbered Overtime,” Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick (R) said he hopes the National Guard stays on the border “until hell freezes over, until that wall is built.” Patrick says he sees the
President Donald Trump is sending only about 3,000 National Guard to the borders this Spring.
The governor of Oregon announced Wednesday that she would refuse any attempt from President Trump to send National Guard troops to protect the Mexican border after the president announced his intention to beef up border patrol operations.
Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) says he “fully” supports President Trump’s decision to deploy National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to aid Border Patrol agents in stemming an overwhelming flow of illegal aliens to the country.
President Trump’s administration announced on Wednesday that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Defense Department will coordinate on a plan to send National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen announced from the White House briefing room on Wednesday that President Donald Trump is deploying National Guard troops to the U.S. southern border immediately in conjunction with the border state governors.
President Donald Trump’s said on Tuesday that he would order National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexican border, hours after leading transition policy adviser Ken Blackwell told Fox Business Network that sending troops would show a coherent Trump policy of treating illegal immigration as a national security and homeland security issue, using all the levers of American foreign and domestic power enact his policy.
Recent terror attacks at celebratory events have law enforcement officials in major cities stepping up their counter-terrorism efforts in unprecedented ways.
