The Trump administration is setting up another major militarized zone along the California-Mexico border, the Department of the Interior announced Wednesday. This move is the newest step in Trump’s intense crackdown on border crossings and signals a serious escalation of military involvement in border security.
Trump is doubling down on his immigration efforts, especially considering the timing of this announcement. Just hours before the official statement, a federal judge ordered the president to immediately hand control of the National Guard in Los Angeles to California Governor Gavin Newsom, a ruling that effectively ends a deployment that had been in place since June.
