More than 400 additional Texas National Guard troops arrived at the Texas-Mexico border on January 27, Report informs via CBS News.
Governor Greg Abbott deployed the troops to the Rio Grande Valley, where he said they'll work side-by-side with US Border Patrol agents to keep migrants from illegally entering the country.
Some of those troops left from the US Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth Monday morning. The others left from a base in Houston.
It's all part of the Texas Tactical Border Force, which the governor first deployed back in May of 2023 to respond to the crisis at the border.
With the additional troops, the state also sent C-130 aircraft and Chinook helicopters to the border. Late last week, the Pentagon sent 1,500 members of the military to El Paso and San Diego.