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The Latest Breaking News from Operation Lone Star

Abbott’s Border Splurge

There is now a powerful, well-heeled constituency that has built up around Operation Lone Star.

Texas Observer

Texas could sell 100 miles of border to feds, Abbott says

Abbott is in Washington this week to lobby Congress for $11 billion to compensate Texas for money spent on his Operation Lone Star, to secure the border during the Biden Administration.

The Texas Tribune

Rep. Roger Williams introduces bill to reimburse Texas for Operation Lone Star

The new bill reinforces Gov. Greg Abbott’s push for the federal government to repay the $11 billion Texas has paid for the border security operation.

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U.S. can have our wall, bases and detention cells, Abbott tells Trump

The governor said the state resources are available to the federal government and requested that the U.S. reimburse Texas for the border hardening measures under Operation Lone Star.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Governor Spent $11 Billion On Border Security. Now He Wants Federal Reimbursement

Greg Abbott sent letters to Congress, urging federal support to cover Texas' multibillion-dollar Operation Lone Star expenditures.

Latin Times

Who Is Mike Banks, The Texas Border Czar Set To Be The Next CBP Chief

Banks played a key role in Texas' Operation Lone Star, an initiative aimed at countering record levels of migrant crossings

Latin Times

Will Texas Finally Wind Down Border Security Spending?

Top state officials have already made promises that, under Trump, money can be shifted to education. But that didn’t happen last time.

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Texas Purchases Massive Piece of Land Along the Rio Grande As It Continues Plans to Build Border Wall

Since Gov. Greg Abbott launched Operation Lone Star in 2021, more than $3 billion approved for the wall project

Latin Times

Governor Abbott's Operation Lone Star Has Cost Texas Over $10 Billion Since 2021

The plan, aimed at curbing unlawful migration, has requested an additional $2.9 billion to run through 2027

Latin Times

GOP-led States in the Midwest Spend Millions Supporting Texas Border Operation Despite Sitting Thousands of Miles Away

Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska have spent approximately $7.1 million sending national guards, state troopers and other types of law enforcement to Texas

Latin Times

Texas governor says goal of Operation Lone Star is 'reducing illegal immigration to zero percent'

"All those terrorists, all those murderers, all those rapists, they're just going to go through New Mexico and Arizona and California", governor Abbott warned

Latin Times

Over A Dozen Texas National Guard Members Have Died While Deployed At Southern Border Since 2021

Gov. Greg Abbott said Operation Lone Star has led to the apprehension of more than half a million migrants as well as 46,000 criminal arrests since March 2021

International Business Times

Over a dozen Texas National Guard members have died while deployed at the southern border since 2021

Gov. Greg Abbott said Operation Lone Star has led to the apprehension of more than half a million migrants as well as 46,000 criminal arrests since March 2021

Latin Times

Governor Abbott orders more razor wire 'to protect Texans and Americans from the Biden-Harris border crisis'

He also claims that Operation Lone Star has resulted in the apprehension of over 517,400 illegal immigrants and more than 45,900 arrests

Latin Times

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This Texas border city is tired of being a ‘pawn’ in Trump’s ‘political games’

Eagle Pass residents watch as their city becomes an arena for convoys – and policies fail to address their real concerns

The Texas Tribune

El Paso County officials say it’s time the state pays for Operation Lone Star arrests

County officials issued a disaster declaration Tuesday, saying the state’s mass arrests at the border have cost the county millions of dollars and overwhelmed its criminal justice system.

Latin Times

El Paso is asking Texas for millions of dollars to cover cost of jailing migrants

Authorities have been cracking down on unlawful immigration as part of the state's Operation Lone Star

Latin Times

GOP-led states continue pitching in to Texas' Operation Lone Star to crack down on immigration

More than a dozen states have dug into their own budgets to send more personnel to the state

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The Texas Tribune

GOP-led states have pledged hundreds of troops and spent millions of dollars to help Texas secure the border this year

The federal government has deployed National Guard to the border for years, but more than a dozen states have dug into their own budgets to send even more personnel

The Texas Tribune

Eagle Pass residents have mixed feelings about sharing their city with the National Guard

Texas has sent thousands of soldiers to the border as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s multibillion-dollar initiative Operation Lone Star. No border town has felt their presence more than Eagle Pass.

Texas Observer

Between the Concertina Wire and the Cartel

As a border physician, I see firsthand the violence of Operation Lone Star, which has made America a key partner in a dangerous triad targeting refugees.

Latin Times

Texas sees 74% decline in illegal border crossings since beginning of Operation Lone Star

Texas DPS Chief Steve McCraw testified before the Senate Border Security Committee.

Latin Times

Texas has seen a decrease in migrant encounters; is its anti-immigration effort working?

Operation Lone Star was launched in 2021 to counter border crossings. Are their efforts working now? The answer is complicated.

The Texas Tribune

Migrant apprehensions are down at the Texas border. Have state policies had an impact?

Abbott has credited his Operation Lone Star for a recent drop in migrant encounters on the Texas-Mexico border.

Texas Observer

Did an Operation Lone Star Contractor Fly Tennessee’s Governor to Eagle Pass?

Flight records indicate one of the governors at a Texas press event may have flown there on a jet owned by Gothams, a border contractor.

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