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US begins prosecuting migrants for breaching ‘military zone’ near border

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth meets with military personnel in Sunland Park, New Mexico, on February 3 [Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters]

The United States has announced its first criminal prosecutions against migrants and asylum seekers accused of crossing into a newly created military zone along the country’s border with Mexico.

Court filings submitted on Monday – and reviewed by US media the following day – show that approximately 28 people have been charged with “violations of security regulations” for breaching the military zone.

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