Republicans Governors, National Guard and the Texas Border: What to Know

FILE - A National Guardsman stands guard at a fence that runs along the Rio Grande near the International bridge, Sept. 17, 2021, in Del Rio, Texas. FILE - A Texas National Guard soldier ties rows of barbed wire to be installed near a gate at the border fence in El Paso, Texas, in the early hours of May 11, 2023. FILE - A National Guardsman walks along a border fence near the International Bridge where thousand of migrants, mostly from Haiti, have formed a makeshift camp, Sept. 20, 2021, in Del Rio, Texas.

As Republicans cheer on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's escalating feud with the Biden administration over immigration enforcement, some governors are considering deploying National Guard members to the border — again.