Texas Air National Guard personnel responded to Gov. Abbott's call to deploy the Texas Tactical Border Force to the Rio Grande Valley.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott deployed the troops to the Rio Grande Valley, where he said they'll work side-by-side with U.S. Border Patrol agents to keep migrants from illegally entering the country. Some of those troops left from the U.S. Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth Monday morning. The others left from a base in Houston.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the additional troops will work alongside federal border agents amid the Trump administration's crackdown on immigrants.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) is sending hundreds of soldiers in the Texas Military Department to work with the U.S. Border Patrol in the Rio Grande Valley.

The soldiers departed Monday from Houston and Fort Worth, marking a change from the Republican governor's legal battles with the Biden administration. Abbott spent the last four years testing a state's ability to enforce immigration law — at times at odds with Border Patrol.

The newly deployed forces will join thousands of Texas National Guard soldiers already stationed at the border as part of Operation Lone Star.

Texas Governor Abbott mobilizes the Tactical Border Force to reinforce security along the Texas-Mexico border in collaboration with federal authorities.

Governor Greg Abbott announced Sunday that Texas Department of Public Safety operations are expected to “expand in coming days” as part of immigration enforcement efforts.

The governor said the teams will help find, arrest and deport people who entered the country illegally and have active warrants for their arrests.

Gov. Greg Abbott deploys 400 soldiers to the Texas-Mexico border, supporting Trump's mass deportation and border security efforts.

The Texas governor said the additional troops will work alongside federal border agents as part of Trump's efforts to seize the offensive.