Premier combat troops have been ordered to the southern border, as part of Trump’s militarization of immigration.

Border crossings in the Southwest are reportedly down as President Donald Trump’s administration begins its immigration crack down. The number of daily Southwest border encounters dropped by nearly half on Wednesday,

STORY: President Donald Trump on Wednesday directed prosecutors to criminally probe state and local officials who resist, obstruct or fail to comply with his immigration enforcement efforts.That’s according to a memo seen by Reuters,

U.S. military C-17 aircraft began flying out migrants on orders from President Donald Trump on Friday, as the Pentagon prepared to send even more troops to southern border, including from the Army's elite 82nd Airborne division.

U.S. officials say the Pentagon will begin deploying as many as 1,500 active duty troops to help secure the southern border in the coming days.

Thousands of additional active duty US troops are being ordered to the southern US border with Mexico, just two days after President Donald Trump mandated that the US military step up its presence there,