AUSTIN (KXAN) -- More than 400 soldiers from the Texas Tactical Border Force will head to the U.S.-Mexico border on Monday to "collaborate with" Border Patrol agents in the wake of President Trump's declaration of a border emergency last week, according to Texas Governor Greg Abbott.
Abbott on Monday directed the Texas Military Department to deploy the Texas Tactical Border Force to the Rio Grande Valley to "coordinate with U.S. Border Patrol under the Trump Administration to secure the border," a press release from Abbott's office stated.
More than 400 soldiers from the force, as well as C-130s and Chinook helicopters, will deploy from bases in Fort Worth and Houston to the border where they will join "thousands" of Texas National Guard soldiers to collaborate with U.S. Border Patrol agents, the release said.
"Texas has a partner in the White House we can work with to secure the Texas-Mexico border," Abbott said in the release. "To support that mission, today, I deployed the Texas Tactical Border Force, comprised of hundreds of troops, to work side-by-side with U.S. Border Patrol agents to stop illegal immigrants from entering our country and to enforce immigration laws."
This comes as thousands of people have been arrested during Trump's first week back in the White House, as his administration has carried out nationwide Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids and operations, according to reporting from News Nation.
RELATED: ICE arrests 956 Sunday as nationwide raids continueDEA sources confirmed that a series of ICE “enhanced targeted operations” were conducted in Austin on Sunday.
Trump on his first day back in office declared a national emergency at the southern border and took other actions to restrict immigration, according to The Hill.
The Texas Tactical Border Force was created by Abbott in May 2023 ahead of the expiration of Title 42.
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