Texas National Guard soldiers now have authority to make arrests at U.S.-Mexico border
The new policy is a result of a memorandum of understanding between Gov. Greg Abbott and the head of U.S Customs and Border ...
Hegseth, Homan visit Texas to meet troops on border
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday touched down in Texas enroute to the U.S. border with Mexico, his first trip since ...
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Hegseth travels to border amid military immigration crackdown
While there, the defense secretary will likely announce hundreds of more troops who will join the military's expanded role in ...
Gov. Greg Abbott isn't worried about tariffs on Mexico hurting Texas
If President Donald Trump imposes tariffs on Mexico, Gov. Greg Abbott says the state’s economy can handle it. Trump used ...
Texas and CBP order state troops to enforce immigration law at border
The accord will expand the Trump administration’s footprint in Texas by deputizing state National Guard officers as ...
Gun battles disrupt flights in Mexican border city and trigger U.S. consulate warning after arrest of alleged cartel leader
The violence in Nuevo Laredo, just south of Texas, followed the arrest of an alleged local cartel leader known as "El Ricky." ...
The Texas National Guard can now arrest and detain individuals entering the U.S. unlawfully
The new authority is a shift for the Guard and the military broadly, which has been limited to a supporting role for the ...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth makes first visit to border in El Paso, Sunland Park
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth visited the Borderland to meet with U.S military troops aiding in security efforts in Texas ...
El Paso, Juárez border nervous as Mexico, Canada retaliate against Trump tariffs
There is anxiousness and uncertainty of what exactly the new tariffs will be and how they could impact the economy of El Paso ...
Texas National Guard can now arrest and detain people who illegally enter the US
Texas National Guard soldiers can arrest and detain people for entering the U.S. illegally from Mexico under an agreement ...
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth visits US-Mexico border, pledges to gain ‘operational control’
Hegseth told reporters Monday that the thousands of additional troops deployed to the region are there to help free up overwhelmed border agents who are there to repel an “invasion.” ...
DHS chief Kristi Noem saddles up on horseback to survey Texas region where Border Patrol was falsely accused of racism
Noem joined Border Patrol agents in Del Rio, Texas, Sunday morning, the same area made infamous several years back when now-unemployed ex-VP Kamala Harris falsely accused agents of whipping ...