Now this is what restoring law and order looks like.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth isn’t mincing words. In a no-nonsense statement released Friday, he made it crystal clear: if you’re an illegal alien planning to stroll across the southern border into areas now under U.S. military control, you’re not just risking deportation — you’re risking a federal prison sentence. No more catch and release. No more sanctuary loopholes. No more cartels treating our border like it’s a revolving door at a Vegas casino.
Last week, the Department of Defense officially annexed a 63-mile stretch near El Paso, folding it into Fort Bliss as part of a new National Defense Area. It’s the second major move of its kind in as many months. A similar area in New Mexico is now part of Fort Huachuca, Arizona. These aren’t symbolic gestures. These are fortified military zones patrolled by active-duty troops who now have the legal authority to detain trespassers under Title 50 — that’s federal law governing national defense installations. Trespassers aren’t being handed bottled water and bus passes — they’re being slapped with charges.
Over 80 illegals have already been charged under this statute at Fort Huachuca alone. And according to Hegseth, that’s just the start. He says over 2,000 troops are currently deployed across these zones, with more than 1,300 warning signs posted throughout. This isn’t a photo op. This is a sustained military operation to retake control of the lawless zones where the Biden administration let chaos fester.
“You will be charged,” Hegseth said bluntly. “Combined charges… could get a total of up to 10 years in prison.” Imagine that — a decade behind bars for trying to sneak through a military zone. Finally, consequences.
For too long, illegal crossings have been treated like misdemeanors with a slap on the wrist. Human smugglers and drug mules operated openly because they knew Border Patrol had its hands tied and the military couldn’t act. But that’s over. As Hegseth put it, “If you see guys in camouflage now with binoculars or in striker vehicles with rifles, they do have the authority.”
Let me be clear: if you cross into the National Defense Area, you will be charged to the FULLEST extent of the law.
Just ask the 100 illegal aliens that have been charged so far. pic.twitter.com/CbAezwzrRD
— Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (@SecDef) May 9, 2025
This is the kind of border security America’s been demanding for years — not performative politics, but real deterrence backed by force and federal law. If you trespass on a military base, you get arrested. Simple. Why should it be any different just because that military base is at the southern border?
The cartels aren’t smiling anymore. And that’s a good thing.
Ready for operational control of the border? Looks like it’s finally on the way.
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