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Texas Governor Greg Abbott is deploying National Guard troops in military M113 armored personnel carrier to various positions along the border after earlier threatening to use gunboats in an attempt to quell the influx of migrants at the border.
The news comes after Abbott invoked a Constitutional clause & said Texas would go rogue to defend itself from what he calls a migrant 'invasion' at the southern border.
Armored personnel carriers are large, heavily armored vehicles that move on tracks like tanks but are designed to carry troops into battle alongside tanks.
The news comes after Abbott invoked a Constitutional clause & said Texas would go rogue to defend itself from what he calls a migrant 'invasion' at the southern border.
Texas Military Department officials ordered the 10 armored personnel carriers on Thursday and announced around 50 soldiers would be trained to operate them.
Armored personnel carriers are large, heavily armored vehicles that move on tracks like tanks but are designed to carry troops into battle alongside tanks.