PHOENIX — Cochise County Sheriff Mark Dannels said Friday he is in favor of changes being made to the way the military supports border security in southern Arizona.
Troops assigned to Joint Task Force – Southern Border were authorized to be more engaged when they patrol Arizona’s southern border alongside U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents through a March 20 order from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
“The military is probably more engaged than I ever have seen them here working with them on the border,” Dannels told KTAR News 92.3 FM’s Arizona’s Morning News.
How is military authorized to support border security?
The U.S. Air Force announced on March 13 that approximately 550 Army personnel were being sent to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson as part of the increased military presence along the border…