Border Security

The military has shifted 160 troops on the southern border.

Francisco Saul Rojas-Hernandez was charged with conspiracy to transport aliens within the United States for financial gain.

Paying for the border wall and the U.S. troop presence has become a major roadblock to passage of the defense budget.

The 13 junior Marines, all based at Camp Pendleton, have been charged for violating the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

The move will not, however, prevent the Defense Department from moving forward with the plan.

Kelly stressed that the American public respects its military because troops "serve the nation in an apolitical way.

The Pentagon's support of Trump's effort to build sections of a wall on the southern U.S. border has angered many Democrats.

The Pentagon may never recover the diverted $3.6 billion, officials said.

The award is designated for troops who "encounter no foreign armed opposition or imminent hostile action."

Marine and Naval Criminal Investigative Service officials have not released any details on the pending charges.