Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he’s deployed a special border force just ahead of this week’s expiration of a public health order that turned back millions of illegal immigrants in recent years.
Abbott, a Republican who has been critical of President Joe Biden’s border policies, said that members of the newly minted Texas Tactical Border Force will be sent via Black Hawk helicopters to areas along the U.S.–Mexico border. The unit includes specially trained Texas National Guard members.
