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Posted on · The move would extend the rare deployment of active-duty troops at the U.S.-Mexico border, rather than only National Guard soldiers and personnel.
Posted on · The original plan to send about 5,000 troops to the border was announced Monday
Posted on · The troops will not be allowed to detain immigrants, seize drugs from smugglers or have any direct involvement in stopping the migrant caravan
Posted on · Pentagon approves a request for additional troops at the southern border, expected to total at least 800 and possibly more than 1,000
Posted on · Artist Larry Crawford has started painting on the ditch located at the intersection of the Brays Bayou and Wilcrest Drive
Posted on · The announcement came after a week of uncertainty in which Trump bashed the governor's insistence that troops avoid immigration-related work
Posted on · The state's position infuriated some federal officials because the restrictions California officials wanted to impose on what the state's troops would not do were considered onerous
Posted on · Abbott said there had been more than a 200 percent increase in the number of MS-13 gang members crossing the border, though he did not specify a time frame
Posted on · With a highly-visible, non-mobile presence at the edge of the Rio Grande, National Guard troops are so far being seen, more than heard
Posted on · Governor Greg Abbott plans to send at least one thousand troops to the border
Posted on · The Laredo section of the Texas-Mexico border spans 170 miles and contains no walls or fences
Posted on · Trump said the Guard is needed to combat what he has called a crisis of migrant crossings and crime
Posted on · BONUS: Will it be Abbott vs. White or Abbott vs. Valdez in November?
Posted on · Abbott told San Antonio radio station KTSA on Monday that the state will add around 300 Guard members a week