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Trump Stations Army on Border

By AFP Editor

By Donald Jeffries

President Donald Trump has deployed around 10,000 troops along the southern border since reentering office, and recently sent hundreds of troops with armored vehicles to the Big Bend region of the Texas border. The puzzling thing is that the Big Bend region has the lowest rate of border crossings in the entire Southwest region, according to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Certainly, the need for a military presence along the southern border has been obvious for decades, as immigration authorities and local law enforcement essentially have done little to stop migrants crossing into the United States. But focusing on the least problematic area makes little sense.

So far in 2025, the Border Patrol has had 1,592 single adult encounters in Big Bend, as compared to the San Diego and El Paso sectors, which have experienced 42,886 and 36,092 adult encounters, respectively, this year. Big Bend recorded only 4,921 encounters for all of 2024. Some residents have complained that the Big Bend area is being turned into a “military zone.”

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