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Members of the Texas National Guard assemble in Elwood, Illinois, at the Army Reserve Training Center in the southwest suburb of Chicago on Oct. 7, 2025.

With the Texas National Guard now in Illinois, here’s what you need to know about the unit

The Texas National Guard, no stranger to being deployed for immigration enforcement, is in the Midwest to ‘safeguard’ ICE officers.

by Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune October 8, 2025October 8, 2025

The Texas National Guard, no stranger to being deployed for immigration enforcement, is in the Midwest to ‘safeguard’ ICE officers.

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Abbott’s border splurge

Operation Lone Star has unleashed a windfall for private contractors cashing in on a four-year-long emergency shopping spree.

by Justin Miller, The Texas Observer March 9, 2025July 31, 2025

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Gov. Greg Abbott denies responsibility for migrant drownings near Eagle Pass

Border Patrol agents dispute Abbott’s claims, maintaining that Texas National Guardsmen prevented them from rescuing the drowning migrants.

by Michael Karlis January 15, 2024February 16, 2024

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Migrant shot and injured by National Guard soldier patrolling border

It’s the first-known incident where a soldier has shot a migrant since the mission began. The injury is non-life threatening.

by Davis Winkie, Military Times, and James Barragán, The Texas Tribune January 20, 2023August 17, 2023

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Treasury Department opens investigation into Gov. Greg Abbott’s use of federal funds for border mission

Texas has been using coronavirus relief money to help pay for the multibillion-dollar deployment.

by Abby Livingston, The Texas Tribune May 13, 2022August 17, 2023

Gov. Greg Abbott puts on a happy face during one of his U.S. border cosplay sessions.

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Gov. Greg Abbott brags about his border initiative. The evidence doesn’t back him up.

The data that Texas leaders use to boast about Operation Lone Star raise more questions than answers.

by Lomi Kriel and Perla Trevino, The Texas Tribune and Propublica, and Andrew Rodriguez Calderón and Keri Blakinger, The Marshall Project March 21, 2022May 15, 2024

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National Guard troops were dispatched to famous Texas ranches with private security as part of border mission

The revelation raises more questions about the use of National Guard troops, who have decried the mission as pointless.

by James Barragán, The Texas Tribune March 16, 2022August 17, 2023

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Lina Khil, Greg Abbott: The top 10 headlines in San Antonio this week

by San Antonio Current Staff February 4, 2022December 28, 2024

Gov. Greg Abbott puts on a happy face during one of his U.S. border cosplay sessions.

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In damning report, Texas Guard members call Gov. Greg Abbott’s border deployment a disaster

by Sanford Nowlin February 1, 2022February 16, 2024

Gov. Greg Abbott puts on a happy face during one of his U.S. border cosplay sessions.

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Lawmakers seek probe of Texas governor’s border mission over troop suicides and pay delays

by Sanford Nowlin January 14, 2022February 16, 2024

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Border Bust: The human costs of Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star continue to pile up

by Sanford Nowlin January 12, 2022November 30, 2024