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As President Trump continues to crack down on illegal border crossings
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Army soldiers will patrol a 170-mile buffer zone along the southern border between Mexico and Arizona, as well as New Mexico
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It will be called a national defense area. Trespesters in the zone or on the land would be taken into custody, just like illegally entering a military base
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American officials told ABC News the initial phase of the zone will stretch from a base in southeastern Arizona east into New Mexico
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Some ysts believe it's a way for the administration to militarize the border and allow soldiers to carry out law enforcement duties by declaring federal property a military base where migrants who get caught crossing will be detained
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In a related note, two service members were killed and a third was seriously injured when their military vehicle crashed in New Mexico Tuesday morning near the border
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The wreck happened on New Mexico Highway 9 near the Santa Teresa border in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, about a dozen miles north of El Paso, Texas
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So far, the military has not released any information on the victims. We do know the service members were assigned to Border Patrol duties as part of a task force ordered by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in an effort to combat illegal immigration and the drug trade
