The U.S. Army’s authority was expanded in parts of New Mexico to target illegal immigration. 

The Department of Defense declared a 60-foot-wide zone of New Mexico land that runs along the U.S.-Mexico border is now part of Arizona’s Fort Huachuca. The change allows the Army’s U.S. Northern Command additional powers to target illegal immigrants on military territory, according to a DOD press release on Monday. U.S. Northern Command is the military’s operational lead to carry out President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border.