The new policy is a result of a memorandum of understanding between Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the head of U.S. Customs and ...

Thousands of Texas troops have been deployed to the border with Mexico since 2021 as part of the state ... installing razor wire barriers, to deter immigrants. But they did not have any powers ...

Texas’ border spending exploded after Joe Biden’s election, then state leaders signaled a new willingness to reduce it when ...

Texas National Guard soldiers can arrest and detain people for entering the U.S. illegally from Mexico under an agreement ...

This is a major attack on the democratic rights of not only immigrants but of all workers. Since 2021, Texas National Guard soldiers, as part of Abbott’s “Operation Lone Star,” have worked ...

Police and sheriff's departments will be ordered to collect the immigration status of people involved in crimes.

Texas National Guard soldiers are now able to make immigration arrests under a new ... Governor Abbott launched Operation Lone Star in 2021. At the time, the state was frustrated with a lack ...

President Donald Trump's administration has reached a deal to grant the Texas National Guard new authority to make immigration arrests this weekend. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott referenced the deal on ...

Texas National Guard soldiers now have the authority to make immigration arrests under an agreement between Texas and the Trump administration. (Spc. James Garcia/Texas National Guard) Texas ...

On an all-new episode of This Week in Texas, immigration and the border are front and center. Is Texas now in lockstep with the White House after a change in administration? "We will be working ...

Gov. Greg Abbott said that the agreement was effective immediately. Texas National Guard members stand guard on the banks of the Rio Grande in El Paso in 2023. Credit: REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez ...