The U.S. Army will take control of almost 110,000 acres of federal land along the U.S.-Mexico border to support Border Patrol ...

Those areas include the Roosevelt Reservation — a narrow strip of land along the southwest border in the states of Arizona, ...

The final 1,500 feet will go up in an area referenced as “4.” The red pin shows where Jacumba Hot Springs, California, is ...

The transfer of that border zone to military control is an attempt by the Trump administration to get around a federal law that prohibits U.S. troops from being used in domestic law enforcement on ...

The order would empower troops to detain people attempting to illegally enter the U.S. within the stretch of land, which was established by President Theodore Roosevelt for border security in 1907.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem eased environmental restrictions to fast- track construction of about 2.5 miles of border ... barrier between Mexico and California.

RELATED: Falls from California-Mexico border wall drop sharply with change in military presence The passengers were among hundreds of migrants apprehended at sea in recent months, a scenario that ...

President Donald Trump issued a directive expanding military control over federal lands near the US-Mexico border, seeking to bolster his efforts to crack down on undocumented migration.