A Stryker combat vehicle sits atop a hill overlooking the U.S.-Mexico border fence in Sunland Park, N.M., Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
U.S. Army Sgt. Salvador Hernandez stands beside Stryker combat vehicles while watching over the U.S.-Mexico border fence from a hilltop in Nogales, Ariz., Tuesday, July 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
U.S. military personnel are reflected on a map as they listen to Jose Luis Maheda during a briefing at the U.S. Border Patrol station in Nogales, Ariz., Tuesday, July 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
A view from inside a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle shows the U.S.-Mexico border fence at dawn in Sunland Park, N.M., Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
U.S. U.S. Army Spc. Jerimiah Starcher exits a Stryker combat vehicle after demonstrating the Long Range Advanced Scout Surveillance System in Nogales, Ariz., Tuesday, July 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
A Stryker combat vehicle sits atop a hill overlooking the U.S.-Mexico border fence in Sunland Park, N.M., Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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U.S. Army Sgt. Salvador Hernandez stands beside Stryker combat vehicles while watching over the U.S.-Mexico border fence from a hilltop in Nogales, Ariz., Tuesday, July 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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U.S. military personnel are reflected on a map as they listen to Jose Luis Maheda during a briefing at the U.S. Border Patrol station in Nogales, Ariz., Tuesday, July 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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A view from inside a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle shows the U.S.-Mexico border fence at dawn in Sunland Park, N.M., Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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U.S. U.S. Army Spc. Jerimiah Starcher exits a Stryker combat vehicle after demonstrating the Long Range Advanced Scout Surveillance System in Nogales, Ariz., Tuesday, July 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — U.S. troops from all branches of the military are sharing command stations and vehicles with civilian immigration authorities at the U.S. border with Mexico under an emergency declaration from President Donald Trump. Army Maj. Gen. Scott Naumann, who is leading 7,600 troops and an assortment of helicopters and drones, says the military has been freed from menial work to help apprehend immigrants, protect newly designated militarized turf and disrupt smuggling cartels. In some cases those deployed are immigrants themselves.
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