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Trump orders US military to refocus on securing ‘borders against invasion, foreign nationals’

Geopolitics & Policy

22 January 2025

By: Robert Dougherty

Air Force explosive ordnance disposal technicians assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron pose for a photo during a controlled demolition within the US Central Command area of responsibility,10 January 2025. Photo: US Air Force

The US military will be refocused on securing America’s borders against “threats of invasion and unlawful forays by foreign nationals”, according to new policy made by newly re-elected US President Donald Trump.

President Donald J Trump signed the executive order following his inauguration address as the nation’s 47th president earlier this week.

Under the 20 January executive order regarding “clarifying the military’s role in protecting the territorial integrity of the United States”, the US president has ordered the protection of the nation’s territorial integrity and national boundaries.

The Armed Forces of the United States is now directed to prioritise the protection of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the United States along national borders.

Under the executive order, the Secretary of Defense shall deliver a revision to the Unified Command Plan that assigns United States Northern Command the mission to seal the borders and maintain the sovereignty, territorial integrity and security of the United States by repelling forms of invasion including unlawful mass migration, narcotics trafficking, human smuggling and trafficking, and other criminal activities.

In addition, campaign planning is required to provide steady-state southern border security, seal the border and maintain the sovereignty, territorial integrity and security of the United States. As well as provide continuous assessments of all available options to protect the sovereign territory of the United States from mass unlawful entry and impingement on national sovereignty.

“We have a government that has given unlimited funding to the defence of foreign borders but refuses to defend American borders, or more importantly, its own people,” according to passages from Trump’s inauguration speech.

“I will sign a series of historic executive orders. With these actions, we will begin the complete restoration of America and the revolution of common sense. It’s all about common sense.

“First, I will declare a national emergency at our southern border. All illegal entry will immediately be halted. And we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came. We will reinstate my Remain in Mexico policy. I will end the practice of catch and release. And I will send troops to the southern border to repel the disastrous invasion of our country.

“Under the orders I sign today we will also be designating the cartels as foreign terrorist organisations. And by invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, I will direct our government to use the full and immense power of federal and state law enforcement to eliminate the presence of all foreign gangs and criminal networks bringing devastating crime to US soil, including our cities and inner cities.

“As commander in chief, I have no higher responsibility than to defend our country from threats and invasions.”

The 60th inaugural swearing-in ceremony was held inside the Capitol Rotunda, with Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts administering the oath of office and Vice President JD Vance sworn in by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

Former US presidents Joe Biden, Barack Obama, George W Bush and Bill Clinton attended alongside former vice president Kamala Harris, current Congress and Supreme Court members.