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Hegseth Orders Pentagon to Provide Lawyers to DOJ to Bolster Immigration Crackdown

HeadlineOct 31, 2025

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the military to provide dozens of lawyers to the Justice Department for temporary assignments in Memphis and near the U.S.-Mexico border that could run through next fall. That’s according to the Associated Press, citing a memo sent Monday to all branches of the military and the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff seeking to bolster the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. This follows the Pentagon’s recent move to send up to 600 military lawyers to the Justice Department to serve as temporary immigration judges.

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