Texas is offering cash for Texas Military Department (TMD) members who will man the borders — the latest development amid tensions with the Biden administration over the southern border.
According to the TMD website, the state is aiming "to deploy border security assets to high threat areas to deny criminal organizations the ability to illegally move drugs and people into Texas."
"These positions offer an array of benefits including lodging and per diem of $55 per day," the pitch adds.
Tensions have ramped up between Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott and the Biden administration. And on Monday the Supreme Court decided federal Border Patrol agents are authorized to remove Abbott-ordered razor wire near the border town of Eagle Pass.
Abbott has persistently slammed President Joe "Biden's reckless open-border policies," and he issued a statement vowing to continue to protect his state after the Supreme Court's decision that the wire is an "effective deterrent against the illegal border crossings."
In a Wednesday letter after the high court ruling, the Department of Homeland Security reportedly demanded "full access" to the border by Friday. The letter, addressed to Texas officials, said members of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection units have been blocked from accessing the area, CNN reported.
In a statement to Newsweek after the high court decision, a spokesperson for Abbott's office said, "The absence of razor wire and other deterrence strategies encourages migrants to make unsafe and illegal crossings between ports of entry, while making the job of Texas National Guard soldiers and [Department of Public Safety] troopers more dangerous and difficult.
"This case is ongoing, and Governor Abbott will continue fighting to defend Texas' property and its constitutional authority to secure the border."