US troops are now working side-by-side with civilian immigration officials at the southern border under President Trump’s sweeping emergency declaration. Military presence has surged—tripling to 7,600 personnel from every branch—even as illegal crossings drop. Trump has also greenlit funds for 3,000 more Border Patrol agents, luring recruits with $10,000 bonuses. The high-stakes operation is coordinated from a newly established command centre deep in the Arizona desert, where an Army base community hall has been transformed into a war room packed with battalion commanders and digital maps tracking every move along the vast 2,000-mile border. Read Daily Express: https://www.express.co.uk Like Daily Express on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DailyExpress Follow Daily Express on Twitter: https://twitter.com/daily_express Follow Daily Express on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dailyexpress/ #DailyExpress #News #trump #uspolitics #illegalimmigration #mexico #mexicoborder #mexicowall #migrantcrisis #usarmy #bordersecurity