FORT CARSON — Several new Stryker combat vehicles from Fort Carson are on their way to the southern border. They were sent out from the Mountain Post Wednesday.
These vehicles will serve as part of NORTHCOM's operation to help with immigration enforcement.
Service members cannot directly enforce immigration law, but they are allowed to help U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents with the following:
- detect illegal crossings
- analyze intelligence
- conduct aerial reconnaissance
A recent order will allow CBP agents to be transported on these vehicles.
WATCH: U.S. Customs and Border Protection are to be transported using military vehicles
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Over 100 illegal immigrants and more than a dozen active-duty military members detained during raid
Over 100 undocumented immigrants and over a dozen active-duty military members were arrested in a DEA raid at an underground nightclub in Colorado Springs on Sunday.
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