Abbott signs 287(g) agreement granting state troopers ICE authority

Under the Feb. 23, 2025 memorandum, all Texas National Guard immigration arrests must operate “only under on‐scene CBP supervision” by 🏛️U.S. Customs and Border Protection (Texas Tribune MOA explainer).

By early 2025, Texas’s Operation Lone Star had cost the state more than $11 billion (Wall Street Journal cost analysis).

The Feb. 23, 2025 pact invokes 8 U.S.C. § 1357(g) (the 287(g) program) to deputize state personnel for immigration enforcement (ICE 287(g) fact sheet).