No migrant releases at US border for 16 months: What happens to people caught crossing illegally under Trump's policy

The DHS says the southern border has recorded 16 consecutive months without releasing apprehended migrants, marking a shift from previous practices.
The Christian Science Monitor

Military’s arrest power at southern border grows. What’s behind the change?

President Trump expanded the U.S. military’s role in immigration enforcement, and a new legal opinion gives the Pentagon greater arrest powers at the southern border.

A US military laser weapon is taking out cartel-linked drones at the southern border. It defeated 3 this week.

The US southern border has become a sandbox for troops testing how to use counter-drone weapons and systems.
Seapower

USS St. Louis assumes U.S. Northern Command mission at Southern Border

Freedom-class littoral combat ship USS St. Louis (LCS 19) departed Naval Station Mayport in support of U.S. Northern ...
CNN

US military surveillance blimp supporting CBP is lost at the southern border, wreckage found in Mexico

A US military surveillance blimp operated by contractors near Laredo, Texas, broke free from its tether on Monday evening and later crashed in Mexico. The blimp did not carry a crew when in the air, ...
The Baltimore Sun

Southern border wall should be finished by late 2027, top CBP official says

The U.S. southern border wall will be completed by the end of next year, said U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott at an event this week. Scott told an audience in Washington ...