Scope: State (Texas)
Branch: Executive
Severity: Green
Date occurred: January 29, 2025
Governor Greg Abbott signed Executive Order GA-50, directing Texas state agencies to assist federal personnel operating at the direction of the federal administration in deploying physical infrastructure along the southern border. The order addresses coordination of state resources and personnel in support of the federal border security effort.
Constitutional basis: Governor using settled executive-branch supervisory authority over state agencies to direct intergovernmental cooperation, a repeatedly exercised and ordinary use of that power.