Border Security

The Coast Guard's top officer said Wednesday that the U.S. can't afford to delay its presence in the Arctic.

Sarah Holzhalb wonders if the migrants her Coast Guard boat scooped up are alive today, and what lives they returned to.

National Guard leaders said troops aiding border security could be more effective by using sophisticated aerial platforms.

The DoD is ready to work with the Department of Health and Human Services on the issue, a Pentagon spokesperson said.

The National Guard soldiers and airmen deploying to the border between the United States and Mexico may be armed.

The Pentagon hasn't figured out yet how, when and where to deploy troops to the Mexican border.

National Guard troops will be sent to help patrol the southern border in lieu of the border wall.

The Defense Department has to house an additional 5,000 border kids at military bases.

Republican lawmakers are challenging Obama over a plan to expand the use of bases to house illegal immigrant children.

The DoD is phasing out the use of three military bases to house unaccompanied children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border.