EAGLE PASS, Texas (NewsNation) — Republican Gov. Greg Abbott was expected Thursday to lay out the state’s new “border security strategy” to deter migrants from entering the U.S. illegally, according to a news release from the governor’s office.

Several local ranchers, officials with the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), the state’s border czar, and more were expected to be on hand for the announcement.

The new strategy precedes President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House in January, when he promised mass deportations on day one of his administration.

Texas has spent over $11 billion since 2021 on Texas Department of Public Safety troopers stationed at the border, along with Texas National Guard troops, and has built miles of state-funded border wall — much of it in South Texas.

The state is building a new operating base in Eagle Pass to hold up to 2,300 National Guard troops at a cost of over $131 million

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, an informal adviser to Trump’s transition team, expects Trump to take action that will spark a legal challenge over the citizenship status of children born in the U.S. to immigrants living in the country illegally. He also expects Trump to encourage local and state law enforcement officers to help with efforts to arrest and detain migrants.

He said Wednesday that he’s in regular contact with Trump’s team, including Tom Homan, Trump’s pick for border czar, and Stephen Miller, incoming deputy White House chief of staff for policy.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security estimates that 11 million unauthorized immigrants were living in the U.S. as of 2022, the latest statistics available. While campaigning, Trump talked about creating “the largest mass deportation program in history” and called for using the National Guard and domestic police forces in the effort.