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

Laredo Sector Chief Patrol Agent Jesse Muñoz on Friday told the Laredo Morning Times that over 300 Texas National Guard ...

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

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.

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

The Texas National Guard now has the authority to make immigration arrests under an agreement with the Trump administration. Governor Abbot said in a post on X, "In an agreement I signed between Texas ...

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 ...

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.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas National Guard soldiers can arrest and detain people for entering the U.S. illegally from Mexico under an agreement with the Trump administration that expands the ...