Military Zone Declared Along U.S. Southern Border

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The U.S. Department of Defense said it designated a stretch of the U.S. border with Mexico as a military zone to enforce immigration laws.

It’s the second stretch of land along the southern border the Pentagon has designated a military zone.

Another stretch of land along the southern border has been designated a military zone to help enforce illegal entry into the United States.https://t.co/2KA1ydTVtv pic.twitter.com/29INz0a1VO

— The Dallas Express News (@DallasExpress) May 3, 2025

From the Associated Press:

The newest area is in Texas and is attached to the Fort Bliss Army base in El Paso. Like the first zone established last month in New Mexico, military personnel are authorized to take custody of migrants who illegally cross the border until they are transferred to civilian authorities in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

“The establishment of a second National Defense Area increases our operational reach and effectiveness in denying illegal activity along the southern border,” said Gen. Gregory Guillot, commander of the U.S. Northern Command.

In New Mexico, people who entered the U.S. illegally were charged Monday with breaching a national defense area after the Army assumed oversight of a 170-mile (274-kilometer) strip that is treated as an extension of U.S. Army Garrison Fort Huachuca, Arizona.

A press release from the military didn’t say how large the second zone in Texas was and officials were unavailable to comment on its dimensions Thursday night.

“Any illegal attempting to enter that zone is entering a military base.”
– Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth pic.twitter.com/GpPIX8Uw7p

— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) May 3, 2025

Report: The U.S. military has created a military zone along the border with Mexico, adding an area in Texas where troops can detain migrants or trespassers pic.twitter.com/fZfTMR7oR3

— The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) May 3, 2025

The Texas Tribune reports:

In a statement Thursday, the military’s Northern Command said the latest military zone will be part of the Fort Bliss Army base in El Paso. The military newspaper Stars and Stripes reported that the area stretches about 53 miles east to the border community of Fort Hancock, according to Maj. Geoffrey Carmichael, spokesman for the Joint Task Force – Southern Border.

“The establishment of a second National Defense Area increases our operational reach and effectiveness in denying illegal activity along the southern border,” said Gen. Gregory Guillot, the commander of U.S. Northern Command.

Last month, the Pentagon designated a 60-foot-wide strip of land along the New Mexico-Mexico border as a military zone. On Monday, federal prosecutors charged more than two dozen migrants with violating security regulations after the U.S. Army spotted the group approaching the area and alerted Border Patrol agents. That charge is in addition to the charge of entering the U.S. illegally. Both are misdemeanors.

Geoffrey S. Corn, director of the Center for Military Law and Policy at Texas Tech University School of Law and retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, said that for more than two centuries the federal government has prohibited the U.S. military from enforcing civilian laws, in part because soldiers’ mission isn’t law enforcement.

“They’re trained as warriors,” Corn said.

Still, he said, the Trump administration has found an ingenious way of using the military for immigration enforcement without asking Congress for permission.

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