Photos of US military conducting policing on the border between Mexico

Nogales, Arizona (AP) – US Army for all branches of the military Sharing the command station and vehicles Civilian immigration authorities on the U.S.-Mexico border, under President Donald Trump's emergency announcement. Army Major General Scott Naumann will lead 7,600 soldiers and various helicopters and drones. In some cases, the immigration itself is deployed.

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US Army Sergeant. Salvador Hernandez stands next to Stryker's combat vehicle while watching the U.S.-Mexico Border Fence from the top of the mountain in Nogales, Arizona, Tuesday, July 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

U.S. military personnel heard a map of Jose Luis Maheda in a briefing at the U.S. Border Patrol Station in Nogales, Arizona on Tuesday, July 22, 2025.

View from the interior of the U.S. Border Patrol Vehicle shows the U.S.-Mexico border fence at sunny dawn in New Mexico on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

USUS Army SPC. Jeremiah Starcher left a Stryker combat vehicle on Tuesday, July 22, 2025 after demonstrating the long-range advanced scout surveillance system. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

The U.S. Border Patrol car follows a trail near the U.S.-Mexico border fence on Tuesday, July 22, 2025 in Nogales, Arizona (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

US Army Sergeant. Brenden Richards monitors the area on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, while standing next to Stryker combat vehicle in AP Photo/jae C. Hong

Obstacles are part of the U.S.-Mexico border fence

Two U.S. Army soldiers stand between Stryker combat vehicles on the top of the mountain in Nogales, Arizona, watching the U.S.-Mexico border fence on Tuesday, July 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

A U.S. Border Patrol car parked on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, on the ridge of the Mexican border in Sunland Park, New Mexico and Ciudad Juárez in Mexico. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

A helicopter is constructed through the window as it rests on the apron of Fort Wachuca in Serra Vista, Arizona on Tuesday, July 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

A cartel Chrine in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, symbolizes territorial control and is visible on Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at Us-Mexico Border Force from Sunland Park, New Mexico. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

US Army SPC. Jeremiah Starcher demonstrated a long-range advanced scout surveillance system on a Stryker combat vehicle in Nogales, Arizona on Tuesday, July 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Wednesday, July 23, 2025, at Sunshine Park, New Mexico (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong), USA-Mexico border fence illuminated by lights