Overview
- An Air Force-controlled zone now covers 250 miles along the Rio Grande in South Texas while a Navy-controlled area spans 140 miles near Yuma, Arizona.
- All four National Defense Areas collectively place nearly one-third of the U.S.-Mexico border under active-duty military oversight with about 8,500 service members deployed.
- Joint Task Force Southern Border reports more than 3,500 patrols since March, including over 150 operations with Customs and Border Protection and Mexican forces.
- Department of Defense figures show zero migrant ‘gotaways’ between June 28 and June 30 and over 1,400 trespassing charges filed in the military zones.
- Civil liberties groups and federal public defenders have launched court challenges alleging the NDAs violate the Posse Comitatus Act by blurring military and law enforcement roles.