Mexicans looking to sneak into the United States have a brand new obstacle --- a gun-toting Steven Seagal --- who has just become an official border sheriff in Texas .
Seagal was sworn in as a sheriff's deputy in Hudspeth County , Texas this weekend --- and accorrding to a sheriff's department spokeman , he'll be working full-time to help secure the border Texas shares with Mexico .
Shockingly , the rep insists Seagal's work with the department has nothing to do with his A&E reality show , "Steven Seagal Lawman."
One of the sheriff's told Chron.com, "It became very clear to me that Mr. Seagal is not in this for the celebrity or the publicity --- he's like the rest of us that live down here , he has a sincere passion for this country and he wants to do more to help.
The saying is "Don't mess with Texas."
