AUSTIN, Texas — State military has installed an 8-foot anti-climb fence along one of the busiest spots along the Texas border with Mexico for illegal immigration.

The state debuted an anti-climb barrier near Brownsville, not far from the Gulf Coast, to prevent people from easily crossing in large groups, as Border Patrol officials in the region are accustomed to seeing, the office of Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) announced over the weekend.

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“We have bad actors that are coming over, opening up the [concertina wire, and] allowing traffic to move through,” Texas National Guard Capt. Chris Daniel said in a statement. “They’re going to have to do a lot more cutting to get through the [anti-climb barrier]."

The Texas National Guard Engineer Special Response Teams began installing the anti-climb fence last week and repaired existing concertina wire that was trampled on by groups that have trespassed through the area after making it across the Rio Grande.

The anti-climb fence is meant to make it impossible for someone on the southern side of the fence to lean a ladder against the barrier and scale, the state said in its announcement.

"What we’re trying to do is create a barrier that’s going to allow Task Force South, [Department of Public Safety], whoever else is down here, and some of the drone teams to be able to hopefully intercept those bad actors and stop them from manipulating those barriers," Daniel said.

The state did not disclose the length of the anti-climb fence and did not respond to requests for comment.

Abbott launched the state's Operation Lone Star in 2021 as illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border soared. The initiative has directed more than 10,000 National Guard soldiers and state police to the border to assist the Border Patrol with apprehending immigrants who enter the country illegally, though only federal police can arrest immigrants.

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Texas faces legal proceedings as it attempts to impede Border Patrol agents from cutting concertina wire that the state has placed near the border and is defending its use of a 1,000-foot string of red buoys in the river.

Abbott's office directed the Washington Examiner to the Texas Military Department, which did not respond to a request for comment.