President Trump granted Mexico and Canada a 30-day reprieve on U.S. tariffs after both nations agreed to intensify efforts to block illicit drugs and migrants.

Mexico has started deploying 10,000 soldiers and gendarmes at the border with the United States to curb fentanyl smuggling and illegal migration following an agreement with the U.S. Mexico began the operation to deploy these forces at the border to combat fentanyl smuggling and illegal migration.

That policy change was made official Sunday after Abbott and Pete Flores, the acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, signed a memorandum of understanding that grants Guard troops the expanded authority.

More than a hundred members of the National Guard arrived in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, in northern Mexico, as part of agreements between President Claudia Sheinbaum and US President Donald Trump to strengthen security along the shared border and combat drug trafficking,

In an exclusive interview with CBS News Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott said "I immediately said yes" when the Trump administration asked Texas about the agreement.

Mexico has begun to deploy 10,000 military troops to its border with the United States as part of the country’s effort to deter illegal immigration and drug smuggling northbound. Mexico has launched Operative Frontera Norte,

The military's role in immigration enforcement is expanding. Texas National Guard soldiers can now arrest people who illegally cross into the U.S. from Mexico.