Appearing at the same news conference as Banks, Gov. Greg Abbott formally declared Tren de Aragua a “foreign terrorist organization.” That allows the authorities to go after the gang under a beefed up anti-terrorism law and also allows for the creation of a task force assigned specifically to fight the group.

Gov. Greg Abbott and state officials labeled the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua as a "foreign terrorist organization," according to a press release Monday. While speaking at the Texas Department of Public Safety's Southeast Texas Regional Headquarters,