Mexico is immediately deploying thousands of troops to the U.S. southern border in response to President Donald Trump’s tariffs against the country’s imports. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Monday announced she is immediately deploying 10,

Mexico and Canada have managed to avoid U.S. tariffs — for now — after their leaders came to last-minute agreements with President Trump. But barring another eleventh-hour deal, tariffs on goods from China were scheduled to go into force Tuesday, raising the specter of a trade war that could rile the global economy and punish American consumers.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum say their planned tariffs are on hold for a month to give time for further negotiations

The troops, part of a unit called the Texas Tactical Border Force, will join those already deployed to the border through Texas' Operation Lone Star.

The new policy is a result of a memorandum of understanding between Gov. Greg Abbott and the head of U.S Customs and Border Protection.

Texas National Guard soldiers can arrest and detain people for entering the U.S. illegally from Mexico under an agreement with the Trump administration that expands the military's role in immigration enforcement.