Texas governor commends troops for stopping illegal immigrants and promises to maintain the efforts of elite units.

Texas Governor Deploys “Elite” National Guard Teams to Repel Illegal Immigrants

Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas has taken action to prevent illegal immigrants from crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. He has deployed “elite” teams from the Texas National Guard to continue the effort while praising Texas troops for physically repelling people from trying to cross the border illegally near Brownsville.

Blocking Illegal Immigrants

Abbott told Fox News in an interview that he has ordered several “elite” Texas National Guard teams to continue efforts to “repel” illegal immigrants from crossing the border after video emerged showing would-be border crossers being rebuffed by Texas troops. “First [they are] to put up barriers, whether it be the razor wire that you saw there or other barriers, and then have National Guard and Texas Department of Public Safety either in front of it or behind it. Our goal is to repel people from coming into the country,” Abbott said.

“We see locations like what was shown in that video, and whenever we see them, we block it,” he added.

Real Action Taken

Abbott was referring to a video that he remarked on earlier showing Texas National Guard soldiers working in conjunction with Texas Department of Public Safety troopers physically repelling people crossing the river illegally into Brownsville, Texas. “Great work,” Abbott wrote. “[President Joe] Biden sent 1,500 troops to the border to do paperwork. Texas deployed trained soldiers and troopers to take real action and respond to the crisis.”

Great work by Texas National Guard and Texas DPS.

Biden sent 1,500 troops to the border to do paperwork.

Texas deployed trained soldiers and troopers to take real action and respond to this crisis. https://t.co/bVMeG0geQl

Border Crisis

The White House and the Pentagon said on May 2 that the number of troops working along the border would be boosted from 2,500 to 4,000, with the additional 1,500 troops serving in a limited capacity, not engaging in law enforcement actions. They have been tasked with actions such as transportation, tracking and surveillance, and data entry.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) called the decision to deploy the additional 1,500 troops a “publicity stunt” that won’t stop what he said was a border crisis created by the Biden administration. “President Biden wants to send troops to the border—not to secure it and enforce our immigration laws, but to process illegal immigrants faster,” Cotton said.

Preparing for the End of Title 42

Asylum seekers have been showing up at the U.S.-Mexico border in huge numbers in anticipation of the end of the use of a Trump-era restriction known as Title 42, which was used to quickly expel illegal immigrants from the country back to Mexico. Many people were trying to cross before Title 42 expires, spurred by fears that it may soon become more difficult to remain in the United States.

Laredo Mayor Victor Trevino told CNN that the border city is preparing for the end of Title 42 as if “it’s a hurricane coming.”

After the restrictions expire on May 11, people caught crossing the border illegally will not be allowed to return for five years and, if they do, they can face criminal prosecution under a new rule announced by the Biden administration to crack down on illegal crossings while creating new legal pathways for entry.

“Our plan will deliver results, but it will take time for those results to be fully realized,” said Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

Biden predicted on Tuesday that the U.S.-Mexico border will be “chaotic for a while” as the Title 42 restrictions end and his new border policies come into effect.

In anticipation of the surge in would-be illegal border crossings, Abbott earlier announced the deployment of a new Texas Tactical Border Force to the