US officials are getting ready to send Thousands of extra troops at the US-Mexico border, including, possibly, soldiers equipped with battlefields Stryker 20 tonnes, according to four US officials who know the design.

The Pentagon is in a hurry to combine options for a business that the President Donald Trump preached in a state of national emergency. If everything is approved, the Army’s presence will be extended from Texas to California, where about 2,500 soldiers are placed to help customs and protection of US border in identifying and arresting immigrants who are looking to enter illegally in the United States.

A military official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive and evolving situation, said some units have received alerts that warn that they may need to develop according to Trump’s wishes. These attempts will complete the Pentagon’s decision this week to send 1,500 military At the border to increase the existing power dating from the Biden government.

Trump has presented the flow of people and illegal drugs on the southern border of America as an invasion that must be treated with military power. He has long shown an appetite to use US troops inside for violence, either to prevent immigration or to suppress political protests.

The ongoing effort now could include Over 10,000 soldiers and marines, Defense officials said.

Army is considering the possibility of developing its headquarters 10th Mountain Division, which is governed by a two -star general, officials said. Infantry unit is based in Fort Drum In Northern New York – not far from the border with Canada – and available if needed, officials said.

The discussions also included the mission of a brigade of infantry soldiers from 82nd Airborne Division to North Carolina and a unit with Stryker battle vehicles from 4th Infantry Division to Colorado. Each brigade has more than 3,000 soldiers, but it is not clear whether everyone will grow.

The Brigade within the 82nd Airborne Division that could be sent to the border is known as Direct reaction force. Such units are essentially always on the alert and ready to grow anywhere in a day – usually for great crises abroad. Recent assignments included Eastern Europe, after Russia’s complete invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and Afghanistan, after the occupation of Kabul by the Taliban in 2021. If the immediate reaction force is sent to the border with Mexico, the movement will be Probably temporary and eventually another brigade will replace it, two officials said.

Within Marine corpsdiscussions have so far included the mission of up to 2,500 soldiers from all over the service, said one official who warned that more troops could be sent depending on what the administration would decide. It was not immediately clear which type of units is being considered beyond a group of battle vehicles used earlier this week and who are trained to build obstacles.

The Strykers They are shielded, have powerful visuals and sensors and are covered with removable machine guns. They were largely used during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and more recently sent by the Biden government to the Ukrainian government to help fight Russian forces. The Ukrainian troops used the octroes to make a stunning raid on Russia in the summer. Sensors and optics could help detect border crossings and vehicles will provide troops quickly, officials said.

An official who knows the discussions held in the Pentagon said one of the plans examined includes a visible Stryker vehicle roadway to the border with Mexico – A dramatic spectacle, if it happens.

This official noted that other ways of acting have been discussed and it is not clear whether strykers will grow.

Trump’s relationship for him military symbolism It’s deep. During his first term, he ordered battle tanks Abrams In Washington for a celebration for Independence Day. The plan caused concerns that the huge vehicles would destroy the city streets and eventually the tanks stayed on the outskirts of the capital while smaller infantry fighter vehicles Bradley They were introduced to frame the president as he spoke his speech at the Lincoln Monument.