/tags/texas-national-guard Texas National Guard en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Tue, 04 Feb 2025 17:28:06 GMT /texas/2025-02-04/texas-national-guard-soldiers-can-now-make-immigration-arrests-at-the-border The agreement between Gov. Greg Abbott and U.S. Customs and Border Protection is "effective immediately," the governor said. Tue, 04 Feb 2025 17:28:06 GMT /texas/2025-02-04/texas-national-guard-soldiers-can-now-make-immigration-arrests-at-the-border Gabriella Alcorta-Solorio /texas/2020-03-17/texas-coronavirus-cases-prompt-gov-greg-abbott-to-activate-national-guard Gov. Greg Abbott announced Tuesday that he is activating the Texas National Guard in response to the novel coronavirus outbreak in the state, which had at� Tue, 17 Mar 2020 17:33:55 GMT /texas/2020-03-17/texas-coronavirus-cases-prompt-gov-greg-abbott-to-activate-national-guard Patrick Svitek, Naomi Andu | The Texas Tribune /texas/2019-06-21/texas-will-deploy-1-000-national-guard-troops-to-the-border-during-migrant-surge Gov. Greg Abbott announced Friday that the state will deploy 1,000 troops from the Texas National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border to aid the federal� Fri, 21 Jun 2019 17:39:22 GMT /texas/2019-06-21/texas-will-deploy-1-000-national-guard-troops-to-the-border-during-migrant-surge Cassandra Pollock | The Texas Tribune /politics/2013-02-07/national-guard-losing-disaster-readiness-chief-testifies The head of the Texas National Guard says proposed state budget cuts would hurt the guard’s ability to respond quickly to disasters, including� Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:31:36 GMT /politics/2013-02-07/national-guard-losing-disaster-readiness-chief-testifies Nathan Bernier