Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth visited troops at the border in El Paso, Texas, where he pledged the Pentagon’s full support to Border Patrol in gaining “operational control” of the US-Mexico frontier.

President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth meets with U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) (not pictured), on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 10, 2024. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met with U.S. troops along the Southern border in New Mexico. The deployment of additional troops to the border was part of President Trump's crackdown on undocumented immigrants.

U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he would pause his executive orders on the tariffs for one month after Mexico agreed to deploy 10,000 troops to reinforce its border to cut the flow of fentanyl and other drugs into the U.

President Trump granted Mexico and Canada a 30-day reprieve on U.S. tariffs after both nations agreed to intensify efforts to block illicit drugs and migrants.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday that after a conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump that the planned tariffs are on hold for a month, a statement confirmed by the White House