The National Border Patrol Council (NBPC), America’s largest union of border patrol officers, is endorsing former top Trump DOJ official Aaron Reitz to be the next attorney general of Texas. (The Federalist Society and Reuters)
Until then, he was serving under U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi as the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy.
Reitz’s campaign is now gaining new momentum with a key endorsement from the NBPC, a national group that represents nearly 20,000 Border Patrol agents and personnel.
In a statement shared with Fox News Digital, NBPC President Paul Perez called Reitz "a principled fighter with a deep sense of duty and an unwavering commitment to supporting the mission of Border Patrol agents."
Perez said that Reitz "has had our backs time and again" throughout his career and that the NBPC is "confident Aaron will be a fierce and effective ally to defend every inch" of Texas’ over 1,200-mile-long southern border.
"As Border Patrol agents, we take pride in standing on the front lines of America’s security. As a Marine, Aaron understands that commitment," said Perez.
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U.S. Border Patrol processes a group of about 60 migrants near a highway in February 2024 outside Eagle Pass, Texas. (Sergio Flores/AFP via Getty Images)
He vowed that the NBPC "will have no stronger ally than me in the Texas Attorney General’s Office," which is one of the most powerful positions in Texas politics.
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He pledged to "use every tool available under Texas law" to "help secure the border and stand in solidarity with the U.S. Border Patrol."
The Texas Primary Elections will be on March 3, 2026. Reitz is facing off against state Sen. Mayes Middleton, an oil executive and conservative Republican serving in the Texas Senate. Middleton is also running on a pro-Trump, "America first agenda," advancing policies such as suing sanctuary jurisdictions, cracking down on crime and gender ideology and eliminating waste, fraud and abuse in the government.
This comes as the state of Texas is embroiled in a showdown between Republican and Democratic lawmakers over redistricting that has made national headlines. Following Democratic members of the Texas House of Representatives fleeing the state to break quorum to foil the GOP’s redistricting plans, the attorney general has filed legal action to arrest the AWOL lawmakers and return them to Austin to resume voting.
Peter Pinedo is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
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