A communications breakdown precipitated an announcement that immigration enforcement will occur at the service’s Parris Island graduation ceremonies in South Carolina, officials said.
The sudden, unexplained closure of the airspace around El Paso , Texas, was ordered after the Federal Aviation Administration grew concerned that military activity near the border could threaten civilian flights, two sources familiar with the decision told Axios. Why it matters: The order, later reversed, alarmed residents of El Paso, the border city of around 680,000, and blindsided local political leaders. Even military officials at Fort Bliss said they didn't know what was going on. - The order was reversed around eight hours later without an explanation for what caused it. - The FAA said there was "no threat to commercial aviation." How it happened: The FAA's abrupt order to close El Paso's airspace for 10 days came after the…