The costs of the southwestern border operation are expected to continue to rise now that additional active-duty forces have continued to move to the border, where there are now more than 10,000 active duty troops as part of the mission on the border with Mexico. As of March 12, 2025, the military services had provided a total of $328.5 million in support for the border mission, including deportation flights and deployments to the border, according to a U.S. official familiar with the information briefed to Congress. "The staggering financial cost to fly these immigrants out of the United States and detain them at Guantanamo Bay -- a mission worth tens of millions of dollars a month -- is an insult to American taxpayers," Democrats on the Senate Armed Services Committee, who sponsored the visit, said in a statement.
Author: Luis Martinez
Published at: 2025-03-29 19:39:00
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