{"id":90508,"date":"2021-03-16T19:47:10","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T19:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/03\/16\/border-deployments-could-be-extended-past-this-year\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:02:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:02:28","slug":"border-deployments-could-be-extended-past-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2021\/03\/16\/border-deployments-could-be-extended-past-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Border deployments could be extended past this year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Within hours of taking office, President Joe Biden rescinded the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2021\/01\/22\/the-border-emergency-is-canceled-but-thousands-of-troops-there-arent-scheduled-to-go-home\/\" target=_blank>national emergency along the U.S.-Mexico border<\/a> that launched the 2018 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2021\/02\/11\/mexico-border-mission-funded-through-2021-no-current-plans-to-draw-down-thousands-of-troops\/\" target=_blank>deployments of thousands of troops<\/a> and spurred the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/02\/13\/why-this-could-be-the-last-year-the-pentagon-pays-for-the-border-wall\/\" target=_blank> rerouting of billions of Defense Department dollars<\/a> into border barrier construction, and it\u2019s possible those deployments will continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That mission is funded through September, the head of U.S. Northern Command told Military Times on Tuesday. And it could be extended , if Customs and Border Protection gets what it\u2019s asked for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHomeland Security, CBP, would like to continue DoD support,\u201d Air Force Gen. Glenn VanHerck said, referring to a current request for assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are currently 3,500 National Guard troops from 22 states assisting CBP along the southern border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They don\u2019t perform law enforcement, but they do perform surveillance \u2015 both on the ground and with 24 UH-72 Lakota helicopters \u2015 to spot attempts to cross the border, reporting them to CBP for follow-up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They also do maintenance and repairs on CBP vehicles, VanHerck said, freeing up border patrol agents to focus on apprehension and detention.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2021\/03\/09\/dod-didnt-put-enough-thought-into-the-cost-of-border-deployments-report-finds\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5088614.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">DoD didn\u2019t put enough thought into the cost of border deployments, report finds<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Government Accountability Office found the Pentagon failed to plan for and report on the results of border wall deployments.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a brief time in 2020, according to a recent Government Accountability Office report, Texas Guardsmen were assigned to detention centers, as well as \u201cproviding welfare checks, distributing food, and driving trucks and vans.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn September 2019, the Secretary of Defense discontinued this mission after determining, with input from the Joint Staff, that personnel were not performing military functions and that continued support for the mission would negatively affect military readiness and morale,\u201d according to the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most recent update to troop levels came last summer, when then-Defense Secretary Mark Esper issued a new cap of 4,000 troops, down from the previous 5,500. 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