Texas National Guard will start helping make border arrests
PAUL J. WEBER, Associated Press
July 27, 2021
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas National Guard deployment along the U.S.-Mexico border will start helping troopers make arrests, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday, as the state begins filling a formerly empty prison with migrants accused of trespassing.
Abbott said the Guard would “assist” troopers with arresting migrants on state charges but offered no details — making the extent of the new role unclear. The National Guard has kept a presence on the nation's southern border for years but has largely been assigned to observational posts.