{"id":1004,"date":"2025-07-25T09:34:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T09:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=1004"},"modified":"2025-07-25T09:34:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T09:34:37","slug":"a-man-is-halted-climbing-the-us-mexico-border-wall-under-new-trump-rules-us-troops-sound-the-alarm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=1004","title":{"rendered":"A man is halted climbing the US-Mexico border wall. Under new Trump rules, US troops sound the alarm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"col-body md:col-[1_\/_4]\">\n<header class=\"mb-5 md:max-w-[750px] lg:mb-8\">\n<h1 class=\"mt-2 text-[1.625rem] font-bold leading-tight md:text-[2rem]\" style=\"text-align: left;\">A man is halted climbing the US-Mexico border wall. Under new Trump rules, US troops sound the alarm<\/h1>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"flex items-start justify-between mt-3\">\n<div class=\"flex items-start\">\n<div class=\"inline-block\">\n<div class=\"text-sm font-semibold\">MORGAN LEE<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-xs text-muted md:text-sm\">\n<div>Updated <time datetime=\"2025-07-25T04:11:59.000Z\">Fri, July 25, 2025 at 5:11 AM GMT+1<\/time><\/div>\n<div>8 min read<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ml-3 flex items-center\">\n<div class=\"relative inline-flex h-[32px] items-center\"><\/div>\n<p><button class=\"ml-2 inline-flex h-8 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-[#f5f5f5] px-3 py-2 hover:bg-[#e3e3e3]\" aria-label=\"View comments\" data-ylk=\"elm:cmmt_open;elmt:cmnt;g:d75a0513-b318-337b-86e5-d89c5f5cc6c3;itc:1;pos:0;sec:view-cmnts-cta;slk:comments;t4:ctrl;\" data-rapid_p=\"3\" data-v9y=\"1\"><span class=\"ml-1 inline-flex items-center text-sm font-medium text-gray-900 md:text-base md:font-normal\">209<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative overflow-hidden -mx-4 md:mx-0 md:rounded-lg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"object-cover object-center\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/ccAF_TpLKGMEsa3wedeu7w--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD04Mjg7Y2Y9d2VicA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/ap.org\/04a023a7990f9f744d9a417ee67ca89b\" alt=\"\" data-nimg=\"fill\" \/><button class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" aria-label=\"View larger image\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\" data-rapid_p=\"4\" data-v9y=\"1\"><\/button><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 line-clamp-2 pr-2.5\">\n<div>U.S. Army Sgt. Salvador Hernandez stands beside Stryker combat vehicles while watching over the U.S.-Mexico border fence from a hilltop in Nogales, Ariz., Tuesday, July 22, 2025. (AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong)<\/div>\n<p><button class=\"mt-1 rapid-noclick-resp text-sm text-scooter bg-primary dark:text-[color:var(--fg-link)] ml-2 absolute bottom-0 right-0 before:content-['...']\" data-ylk=\"elm:loadmore;itc:1;sec:content-canvas;slk:more;\" data-rapid_p=\"14\" data-v9y=\"1\">More<\/button><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-body\">\n<div class=\"\" data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) \u2014 Inside an armored vehicle, an Army scout uses a joystick to direct a long-range optical scope toward a man perched atop <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/photo-gallery\/mexico-us-border-militarized-zones-arizona-53584b1c9b35c49b0b2b0eb3a2d938d7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ylk=\"slk:the U.S.-Mexico border wall;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-rapid_p=\"15\" data-v9y=\"1\">the U.S.-Mexico border wall<\/a>cutting across the hills of this Arizona frontier community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The man lowers himself toward U.S. soil between coils of concertina wire. Shouts ring out, an alert is sounded and a U.S. Border Patrol SUV races toward the wall \u2014 warning enough to send the man scrambling back over it, disappearing into Mexico.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The sighting Tuesday was one of only two for the Army infantry unit patrolling this sector of the southern border, where an emergency declaration by President <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/people\/donald-trump\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:Donald Trump;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-rapid_p=\"16\" data-v9y=\"1\">Donald Trump<\/a> has <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/border-military-trump-national-defense-area-89f046e09809fe5b5071c6b9e1f48da9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ylk=\"slk:thrust the military into a central role;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-rapid_p=\"17\" data-v9y=\"1\">thrust the military into a central role<\/a> in deterring migrant crossings between U.S. ports of entry.<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<div class=\"py-2 text-center text-xs uppercase\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cDeterrence is actually boring,\u201d said 24-year-old Army Sgt. Ana Harker-Molina, voicing the tedium felt by some fellow soldiers over the sporadic sightings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Still, she said she takes pride in the work, knowing that troops discourage crossings by their mere presence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cJust if we\u2019re sitting here watching the border, it\u2019s helping our country,\u201d said Harker-Molina, an <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/issues\/immigration\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:immigrant;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-rapid_p=\"18\" data-v9y=\"1\">immigrant<\/a> herself who came from Panama at age 12 and became a U.S. citizen two years ago while serving in the Army.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">U.S. troop deployments at the border have tripled to 7,600 and include every branch of the military \u2014 even as the number of attempted illegal crossings plummet and Trump has <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/what-is-republican-trump-tax-bill-f65be44e1050431a601320197322551b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ylk=\"slk:authorized funding for an additional 3,000 Border Patrol agents;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-rapid_p=\"19\" data-v9y=\"1\">authorized funding for an additional 3,000 Border Patrol agents<\/a>, offering $10,000 signing and retention bonuses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The military mission is guided from a new command center at a remote Army intelligence training base alongside southern Arizona&#8217;s Huachuca Mountains. There, a community hall has been transformed into a bustling war room of battalion commanders and staff with digital maps pinpointing military camps and movements along the nearly 2,000-mile border.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Until now border enforcement had been the domain of civilian law enforcement, with the military only intermittently stepping in. But in April, large swaths of border were designated militarized zones, empowering U.S. troops to apprehend immigrants and others accused of trespassing on Army, Air Force or Navy bases, and authorizing additional criminal charges that can mean prison time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The two-star general leading the mission says troops are being untethered from maintenance and warehouse tasks to work closely with U.S. Border Patrol agents in high-traffic areas for illegal crossings \u2014 and to deploy rapidly to remote, unguarded terrain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe don&#8217;t have a (labor) union, there&#8217;s no limit on how many hours we can work in a day, how many shifts we can man,&#8221; said Army Maj. Gen. Scott Naumann.<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<div class=\"py-2 text-center text-xs uppercase\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI can put soldiers out whenever we need to in order to get after the problem and we can put them out for days at a time, we can fly people into incredibly remote areas now that we see the cartels shifting\u201d course.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man is halted climbing the US-Mexico border wall. 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