Abbott is in Washington this week to lobby Congress for $11 billion to compensate Texas for money spent on his Operation Lone Star, to secure the border during the Biden Administration.

The chief’s comments came after Alice ISD sent a letter to parents Wednesday warning students may be detained and possibly deported if they can’t prove they’re in the country legally. The letter was later removed from the district’s website.

Gov. Greg Abbott said that the agreement was effective immediately.

U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he would pause his executive orders on the tariffs for one month after Mexico agreed to deploy 10,000 troops to reinforce its border so as to cut the flow of fentanyl and other drugs into the U.S. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum added that the deal also commits the Trump administration to fight the flow of weapons flowing south into Mexico.