AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas National Guard soldiers can arrest and detain people for entering the U.S. illegally from Mexico ...

Although active-duty troops have been sent to the border by administrations of both parties, including the Biden ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Border Czar Tom Homan held a press conference at the U.S.-Mexico border today, outlining ...

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

President Trump granted Mexico and Canada a 30-day reprieve on U.S. tariffs after both nations agreed to intensify efforts to ...

His Homeland Security secretary, KRISTI NOEM, had a very different approach: She was on the water first thing Thursday morning with the Coast Guard, which had mobilized from six different stations ...

“On January 27, 2025, at approximately 1.29pm, [border patrol agents] reported shots fired in Fronton, Texas. The scene ...

Throughout former President Joe Biden’s tenure, Abbott often sparred with the federal government over illegal immigration. At one point last year, Abbott engaged in a standoff with federal officials ...

Trump has vowed to end the "weaponisation" of the Justice Department and has set about nominating and appointing allies to top posts in the department. Smith himself resigned from the Justice ...

The bulk of deployed troops come from the Army, primarily military police, to enhance surveillance efforts and act as a deterrent to illegal crossings along the border with Mexico.

Texas will send 400 soldiers from its Tactical Border Force to the southern border to aid with efforts to enforce the Trump ...

Only minutes after being sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump praised Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security policies and promised Texas ...