Credit: Jerry Glaser/Cover Images U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Air and Marine Operations fly air security over ...

CBP has permitted some Texas National Guard Troops to make immigration arrests as encounters along the border remain at ...

The state's National Guard and CBP entered a memorandum of understanding on Jan. 31. It provides the framework for Texas National Guard troops to enforce laws related to illegal immigration and ...

Texas Guard soldiers now have the authority to help detain and deport undocumented people under an agreement between Texas ...

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

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 ...

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

Under the agreement, released to the Austin American-Statesman, part of the USA TODAY Network, Guard troops are only allowed to carry out the actions under CBP's supervision and Texas will bear ...

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 ...

Under the agreement, the Guard troops may only carry out the new duties under CBP's supervision, and Texas will bear any financial cost associated with the new policy. "The National Guard will ...