The Trump administration's use of U.S. military aircraft to return deportees has raised alarms throughout Latin America.

U.S. officials say the Pentagon will begin deploying as many as 1,500 active duty troops to help secure the southern border in the coming days

The move enacts President Trump's executive orders issued shortly after he took office to intensify immigration enforcement.

The Pentagon said Wednesday it has begun deploying 1,500 active-duty troops to the southern border, putting in motion plans President Trump laid out in executive orders shortly after he took office to crack down on immigration.

Whatever is needed at the border will be provided,” Pete Hegseth, the new defense secretary, told reporters on Monday.

This is just the beginning,” one Defense official said about the deployment of active-duty troops to the border with Mexico.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the additional troops will work alongside federal border agents amid the Trump administration's crackdown on immigrants.

There are already about 2,500 U.S. National Guard and Reserve forces there. Zoom in: The Pentagon will also provide military aircraft to support the Department of Homeland Security's deportation flights of more than 5,000 undocumented immigrants from the areas of San Diego, California; and El Paso, Texas.

The Trump administration didn’t waste any time in enacting their immigration agenda as ICE raids were performed in cities across the country and more troops were deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border. Former Deputy Press Secretary of the Department of Defense Sabrina Singh shares her thoughts on these developments and more.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said that he and President Donald Trump want to “bring the warrior culture back to the Department of Defense.”

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