The US military's year-old mission supporting civil authorities along the US-Mexico border will last at least another year.
President Donald Trump visited the $147-million border wall replacement project in Otay Mesa, California, on Wednesday, and called it "amazing."
The Armed Forces Service Medal was created by President Bill Clinton in 1996 through an executive order.
Trump announced a 5% tariff on Mexican imports from June 10, that could increase to 25%, to try reduce the number of migrants crossing the US border.
Some of the concertina wire US troops installed on the wall between San Diego and Tijuana has reappeared on homes south of the border.
The White House announced Thursday that President Donald Trump will declare a national emergency to secure more border-wall funds.
A new nonprofit is raising money to privately build chunks of the wall. Here's how that could theoretically happen.
Rep. Will Hurd, whose district spans 800 miles of the border, said a wall is the "most expensive and least effective way to do border security."