Gov. Greg Abbott has deployed thousands of Texas National Guard troops and Department of Public Safety troopers across the state ahead of a wave of immigration protests expected this weekend.

Governor Greg Abbott mobilizes Texas National Guard and DPS to prevent unrest at anticipated anti-ICE protests.

Twenty-five migrants were found Wednesday crammed inside a box truck as temperatures flirted near triple-digits in deep South Texas, the Texas Department of Public Safety said.

A Houston woman was arrested after the Texas Department of Public Safety discovered 25 illegal immigrants in the back of a box truck she was driving. (Texas Department of Public Safety)

The Texas Department of Public Safety seized $160,000 while working Operation Lone Star, authorities said. The seizure occurred at about 1 a.m. June 7 on mile marker 18 of Interstate 35 when a trooper pulled over a maroon Ford pickup for a traffic violation.

A 45-year-old Odessa man was killed in a two-vehicle crash early Friday morning on Loop 338. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, the crash occurred at around 4:20 a.m. on June 6 at the intersection of Loop 338 and US Highway 385,