Texas Governor Deploys 400 More National Guard Troops to Border

Thousands of National Guard and U.S. military troops are now at the southern border after the deployment.

Texas National Guard uncoil concertina wire near the U.S.–Mexico border fence in El Paso, Texas, on May 10, 2023. John Moore/Getty Images

Texas will send 400 members of the state’s National Guard to the U.S.–Mexico border to work with U.S. Border Patrol agents, Gov. Greg Abbott said on Jan. 27.

Abbott has directed Texas National Guard members to the border under his Operation Lone Star initiative that was set up to curb illegal immigration, with about 4,100 National Guard from the state currently assigned to the border mission.