The Trump Administration has suggested the expanded federal military effort at the border may be modeled on "Operation Lone Star," a Texas National Guard mission that's been underway for four years.

Louisiana National Guard members have returned after completing their four-month mission in Texas as part of a border security operation, according to an Army National Guard release on Thursday.

LOUISIANA (KLFY) — Louisiana National Guard soldiers have just returned home from a four-month deployment at the United States, Texas border. The 13 soldiers helped in Operation Lone Star.