Tag: Operation Lone Star

Texas’ Border Crackdown Bears Fruit: 422 Million Lethal Fentanyl Doses Seized, Over 31,000 Criminal Arrests

Texas’ efforts to stop the smuggling of drugs, weapons, and people into the United States under Operation Lone Star have borne fruit, according to data provided by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who pledged to continue deploying “every strategy” available to respond to the border crisis. Operation Lone Star was launched in March 2021 in response…


CBP Defends Footage of Border Patrol Agent Cutting Razor Wire to Let in Illegal Border Crossers

A spokesperson for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) defended video footage of a U.S. Border Patrol agent cutting open a section of razor wire for an illegal immigrant family, saying that it was a necessary action to apprehend them. On Friday, Fox News reporter Bill Melugin shared a Twitter post showing the unidentified Border…


Texas Approves $495.3 Million for Border Security Operations

Texas has approved the transfer of $495.3 million to fund Operation Lone Star and critical border operations at other state agencies, the governor’s office announced Friday. “This funding will address immediate border security needs while future funding needed to protect Texans continues to be evaluated,” according to Gov. Greg Abbott’s office. The vast majority of the funds—$465.3…


National Guard Soldier Still Missing at Southern Border a Day After Trying to Help Immigrants From Water

A soldier from the Texas Army National Guard remains missing a day after he tried to help two illegal immigrants who appeared to be drowning in the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas. The two immigrants are now alleged by the Texas Rangers to be involved in narcotics trafficking. “The service member selflessly attempted to…


Bedlam at the Border Part 2: Texas Digs In, Gets Creative to Battle Migrant Surge

This is Part 2 of “Bedlam at the Texas Border,” direct from the Rio Grande Valley on the Mexican border with the Texas Public Policy Foundation. In Part 1, we heard from frustrated locals in the Rio Grande Valley—politicians, ranchers, law enforcement, and others on the river who describe how cartels control the border, and…


Bedlam at Texas Border Part 1: Cartels Play Immigration Shell Game as Feds Look Other Way

In this two-part series “Bedlam at the Texas Border” we go down to the Rio Grande Valley on the Mexican border to see why Texas Governor Greg Abbott felt it necessary to take security into his own hands. It’s also why the Texas Public Policy Foundation started the Texas Border Coalition, along with a consortium…


Texas Governor Adds $38.4 Million to Operation Lone Star to ‘Secure the Border’

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday announced an additional $38.4 million funding for Operation Lone Star (OLS), which was launched in March in response to the burgeoning crisis at the southern border. The extra funding will go toward law enforcement, jail operations, and court administration activities in direct support of OLS, the Republican governor’s office…


Texas Gov. Abbott Declares Disaster at Southern Border in Response to Humanitarian Crisis

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has issued a disaster declaration at the state’s southern border to augment additional resources to efforts addressing the humanitarian crisis at the border. “President Biden’s open-border policies have paved the way for dangerous gangs and cartels, human traffickers, and deadly drugs like fentanyl to pour into our communities,” Abbott said in…


Over 16,000 Illegal Aliens Referred, 598 Criminals Arrested in March by Texas Troopers

More than 16,000 illegal immigrants have been referred to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection and 598 criminals have been arrested by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers as part of “Operation Lone Star” launched to combat the border crisis, Governor Greg Abbott said on Thursday. The operation was launched at the start of March to…