ROMA, Texas - National Guard members continue to play a key role in sealing and securing the southern U.S. border as ...

Texas National Guard soldiers now have the authority to make immigration arrests and help detain and deport undocumented ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A member of the National Guard patrols along a stretch of border ...

Texas National Guard soldiers deployed to the state's southern border with Mexico as part of Gov. Greg Abbott's Operation ...

The accord will expand the Trump administration’s footprint by deputizing National Guard members as immigration agents.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott said he’s empowered the National Guard to make immigration arrests, the latest move by the ...

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

FRISCO — For the first time, Texas National Guard members will have the authority to arrest migrants crossing into the state illegally. Only the federal government has had that power until now.

(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) AUSTIN, Texas – Texas National Guard soldiers can arrest and detain people for entering the U.S. illegally from Mexico under an agreement with the Trump administration ...

Texas National Guard soldiers deployed to the state's southern border with Mexico as part of Gov. Greg Abbott's Operation Lone Star can now "exercise the duties and functions" of federal ...

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 ...

The new authority is a shift for the Guard and the military broadly, which has been limited to a supporting role for the Border Patrol. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott gave Texas Guard members the ...