First Migrant Convictions Handed Down for Crossing into Military Border Zones

Trump’s “militarized border strategy” sees first legal wins — but not without resistance in the courts.

WASHINGTON — For the first time, the U.S. government has secured convictions against migrants who crossed into newly designated military zones along the southern border — the result of a Trump-era crackdown that’s testing legal boundaries and sparking deepening fear in migrant communities.