More federal and state forces are heading to the Southern border. The federal government previously announced that 1,500 active-duty service members, along with air and intelligence assets, would be assisting troops already conducting enforcement operations.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott was at the Capitol this week, asking White House leaders to reimburse the State of Texas for border security spending. "This isn't so much about reimbursing the state of Texas,

Abbott is in Washington this week to lobby Congress for $11 billion to compensate Texas for money spent on immigration enforcement.