Vance, Hegseth and Gabbard visit southern border in Texas
Washington– Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard were on the southern border on Wednesday, highlighting the Trump administration’s efforts to combat illegal transit and drug trafficking, the day after President Trump’s president, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard and National Intelligence Director Jud Vance and National Intelligence Director Joint speech of Congress Immigration plays an important role.
Senior government officials are located in the Texas border town of Eagle Pass, about 100 miles west of San Antonio. Vance and Hegseth are the top executives to visit the southern border since Trump’s inauguration. They arrived a day after the Trump administration imposed 25% tariff Almost all imported goods from Mexico, citing Mexico’s handling of the situation on the border, Stocks roll.
“We need Mexico and Canada to do much more than they do, and they have to stop fentanyl and drugs from pouring into the United States,” the president said Tuesday night. “They will stop it. I have sent a detailed request for funding to Congress, crafting exactly how we will eliminate these threats to protect our homeland and complete the largest deportation operation in U.S. history.”
Illegal transit on the southern border of the United States Plunged Since Mr. Trump took office. The White House said in February that illegal crossings reached a minimum level in at least 25 years, his first full month in office. The government said more than 50,000 people in the country were illegally evacuated from the United States, including immigrants with a history of violent crime.
Two U.S. officials said there are no plans to bring illegal U.S. immigrants to Guantanamo or other foreign immigrants after the Pentagon began offering expensive deportation flights. One of the officials said the Department of Homeland Security is currently adopting other options, but the Pentagon is relying on in case they offer more flights.
Vance and senior officials are heading for the 28,000-person Eagle Pass, located in the area of Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales. His area occupies most of the Texas-Mexico border.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Gonzales attended the visit, and officials held a roundtable meeting to discuss the current situation.
“We need new laws to ensure boundaries,” Vance said at the roundtable. “We need a new president. Thank God, we have that.”
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Vance has visited the southern border before. He headed to the border wall in San Diego, California in September.
