Texas Air National Guard personnel responded to Gov. Abbott's call to deploy the Texas Tactical Border Force to the Rio Grande Valley.
In a series of executive orders Wednesday, Gov. Greg Abbott ordered state agencies to cooperate with President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts and directed the state’s criminal justice agency to identify land and facilities that could be used for detaining and deporting undocumented migrants.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) is sending hundreds of soldiers in the Texas Military Department to work with the U.S. Border Patrol in the Rio Grande Valley.
Texas Governor Abbott mobilizes the Tactical Border Force to reinforce security along the Texas-Mexico border in collaboration with federal authorities.
The newly deployed forces will join thousands of Texas National Guard soldiers already stationed at the border as part of Operation Lone Star.
Governor Greg Abbott announced Sunday that Texas Department of Public Safety operations are expected to “expand in coming days” as part of immigration enforcement efforts.
The 400 members of a special tactical unit left bases in Houston and Fort Worth on Monday morning, according to the governor’s office.
The Texas governor said the additional troops will work alongside federal border agents as part of Trump's efforts to seize the offensive.
While some see the split as a budget solution, hundreds of residents are demanding more information — and an election.
Abbott, a fierce Trump ally, signed a series of executive orders to collaborate with the federal government in deportation efforts in the Lone Star State.
A $1.6 billion sustainable aviation fuels project being planned on the Houston Ship Channel is getting a tax break.