U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement are carrying out operations across the state, and that does include in Houston, and also in Galveston.

The new authority is a shift for the Guard and the military broadly, which has been limited to a supporting role for the Border Patrol.

Texas National Guard soldiers now have the authority to make immigration arrests and help detain and deport undocumented people under an agreement between the state and the Trump administration that requires those duties be done under the supervision and direction of a U.S. Customs and Border Protection official.

Gov. Greg Abbott and U.S. Customs and Border Protection have signed an agreement that allows Texas guardsmen to make immigration arrests on the border.

A military airplane carrying 120 Mexican National Guard troops landed in Juarez, Mexico, Tuesday morning. The reinforcements to the 1,600 Guardsmen already on a permanent rotation in Juarez are part of President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo’s commitment to shore up security at its border with the United States,