Border Security

The Pentagon is likely to extend the deployment of border troops to Jan. 31.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis weighed in on a late-night memo from White House Chief of Staff John Kelly.

Some of the thousands of active-duty troops deployed to the border in Texas and Arizona are likely to shift to California.

The Coast Guard seized 226 tons of cocaine last year and brought in 708 suspected drug smugglers.

Two Democratic senators are calling on Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to send the troops back to their homes for the holiday.

The troops deployed to the border to help stop migrants seeking to enter the U.S. could begin "downsizing" before Christmas.

The number of troops currently at the border to support the DHS is likely the highest it will get.

Mattis called the deployment legal and justified, and said it was necessary to make sure the U border was properly secure.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis plans to visit U.S. troops stationed on the southwest border on Wednesday.

The 5,000 troops stationed along the U.S.-Mexico border will not receive compensation for working in a dangerous environment.