Texas Governor Greg Abbott is directing all Texas agencies to eliminate DEI policies. Abbott issued an Executive Order today. Abbott says that DEI agendas "divide us rather than unite us and have no place in the state of Texas.
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.
The FBI and agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration are assisting federal partners who are conducting immigration enforcement operations in the El Paso
AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order Friday directing state agencies to be “color-blind” and eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion policies.
Gov. Abbott issued five executive orders directing state agencies to help the Trump Administration's border and homeland security operations. "For the past four years, Texas has worked around-the-clock to defend our southern border while former President Joe Biden refused to protect our country from an invasion he allowed,
The governor’s State of the State address is key because it’s where he’ll declare his “emergency items” for the ongoing 2025 Texas legislative session. In the session’s first 60 days, lawmakers are only allowed to pass legislation related to these items.
The Texas Legislature is going to debate Senate Bill 2, an education bill that could allocate $1 billion in taxpayer money to fund school vouchers.
The Republican governor on Wednesday ordered Texas agencies to help with arrests, share intelligence and help find new detainment facilities.
The state has vowed to assist the president in his efforts to revamp immigration. But Texas' biggest cities and school districts are more reluctant to help.
Trump's Justice Dept. may drop the U.S. challenge to SB 4, but other plaintiffs have vowed to push forward against Texas' immigration law.
FBI, DEA assisting federal partners on immigration enforcement duties in El Paso. Stacy Suh of Detention Watch Network on Jan. 30, 2025, speaks about why her nonprofit disagrees with plans by the Trump administration to house up to 30,000 migrants at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba under U.S. military authority. (Sandra Sanchez/Border Report Video)
The law would allow law enforcement to arrest and deport people suspected of crossing the Texas-Mexico border at any place other than a port of entry.