Around 3,000 More US Troops Deploying to Southern Border

With this latest force movement, approximately 9,000 U.S. troops will be stationed along the U.S.–Mexico border, according to the U.S. Northern Command.

U.S. Army soldiers patrol the U.S.–Mexico border at Eagle Pass, Texas, on Jan. 24, 2025. Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images

About 3,000 additional U.S. troops are set to deploy to the southern border in the next few weeks as part of President Donald Trump’s expanding border security mission.

In a statement on March 1, the Pentagon said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had ordered the deployment of elements of a Stryker Brigade Combat Team and a General Support Aviation Battalion to join U.S. troops already deployed along the U.S.–Mexico border.