Joint Chiefs chairman heads to US-Mexico border to review troops

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. CQ Brown will assess the situation on the U.S.-Mexico border amid President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Charles Q. Brown, Jr., attends a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony to honor World War II veterans of the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops and the 3133rd Signal Services Company, known as the Ghost Army, in Emancipation Hall on March 21, 2024.  (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)

TRUMP STATE DEPARTMENT DECLARES TREN DE ARAGUA, MS-13, MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS AS FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS

The Trump administration on Wednesday designated eight gangs and cartels, including Tren de Aragua, the Sinaloa Cartel and MS-13, as foreign terrorist organizations. This move expands the U.S. government’s ability to crack down on criminal organizations operating in its territory.

In a public notice on the matter, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that there was a "sufficient factual basis" under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to issue the designations.

On Wednesday, U.S. NORTHCOM Commander Gen. Gregory M. Guillot and Mexican Secretary of National Defense Gen. Ricardo Trevilla Trejo spoke about coordinating along the border and signed a mutual agreement on cooperative activities, the Defense Department announced. 

A migrant prepares to board a flight to Guantánamo Bay. The detention of illegal immigrants at Guantánamo could raise legal challenges, experts say.  (Department of Homeland Security)

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Earlier this month, the Trump administration began sending flights of illegal immigrants to the Guantánamo Bay detention facilities in Cuba. 

Around 30,000 "criminal illegal aliens" could be held in the base that once housed hundreds of prisoners, only 15 of whom were left before Trump began sending migrants there. 

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