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.

Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday directed the Texas Department of Public Safety to deploy tactical strike teams to support the Trump administration’s border security and homeland

Mandatory vehicle safety inspections are no longer required for many Texas drivers, but Travis and Williamson counties still require an emissions test.

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 announcement comes the day after Abbott ordered 400 Texas National Guard troops and additional military equipment to the Rio Grande Valley.

On Monday, Texas DPS Lieutenant Olivarez confirmed that shots were fired from inside Mexico toward a group of Border Patrol agents on Fronton Island. According to a CBP statement, at approximately 1:29 p.m., border patrol agents reported shots fired in Fronton, Texas.

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.

A new bill filed in the Texas Senate would create a new Homeland Security division within the Texas Department of Public Safety.

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

BEAUMONT, Texas — One person is dead following a wreck along eastbound U.S. Highway 90 just west of Beaumont. A rollback tow truck loaded with a mini van and towing a car behind it rear ended a Piney Woods Sanitation garbage truck around noon Tuesday.

U.S. Border Patrol was involved in a shootout with cartel members in the Rio Grande Valley, the Texas Department of Public Safety says. The tense moments unfolded Monday in Fronton, Texas. At around 1:40 p.