Texas Governor Abbott mobilizes the Tactical Border Force to reinforce security along the Texas-Mexico border in collaboration with federal authorities.
Gov. Greg Abbott is set to lay out his priorities for the legislative session — almost certain to include private school vouchers and bail system changes — in his State of the State address this weekend.
Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday ordered the Department of Public Safety to help federal immigration agents find and arrest immigrants who have arrest warrants.
The governor said the teams will help find, arrest and deport people who entered the country illegally and have active warrants for their arrests.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott seeks $11.1 billion from the federal government for the state's border security expenses.
Governor Abbott is expected to lay out his plan for the current session of the Texas Legislature and other goals he hopes to achieve in the next year.
It was a change from the Republican governor's legal battles with the Biden administration. Abbott spent the last four years testing a state's ability to enforce immigration law — at times at odds with Border Patrol.
The Texas governor said the additional troops will work alongside federal border agents as part of Trump's efforts to seize the offensive.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott is directing DPS to send out its tactical strike team to help Trump's homeland security operations locating and arresting "criminal" migrants in the state illegally. The DPS tactical strike team is going to be helping the newly-established Homeland Security Task Force as they aim to arrest 5,
Governor Greg Abbott directed the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) to deploy tactical strike teams to Trump’s Administration homeland security operations today.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday morning asked the Texas Department of Public Safety, or DPS, to deploy tactical strike teams to “support the Trump Administration’s homeland security