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Texas quietly shuttered Operation Lone Star booking facility in Del Rio

Gov. Greg Abbott had opened two such sites as he surged thousands of DPS troopers and Guard members to the Texas-Mexico border.

The Texas Tribune

Under Operation Lone Star, Texas State Police More than Doubled Their Drone Fleet

The Department of Public Safety has acquired an army of unmanned aerial vehicles—nearly as large as the U.S. Border Patrol's.

Texas Observer

“Operation Lone Star 2.0”: DPS arresting thousands of undocumented immigrants across Texas to aid Trump’s mass deportation

The Department of Public Safety has shifted from Biden-era border enforcement to helping expel people from the country, a job once exclusively done by federal authorities.

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After El Paso joined Abbott’s border crackdown, the number of dead migrants in the New Mexico desert surged

Since El Paso joined Operation Lone Star in 2022, migrant remains discovered in the desert west of the city have increased every year, even as they have declined in every other border sector.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Quietly Downsizes Border Security Spending

But outlays remain far above state funding prior to the Operation Lone Star era.

Texas Observer

John Cornyn says tax and spending bill must reimburse Texas $11 billion for border security

Texas Republicans are pushing the federal government to pay the state’s costs of Operation Lone Star, Gov. Greg’s Abbott’s border security initiative.

The Texas Tribune

‘It’s Not a War Zone’: Val Verde County’s Conservative Democratic Sheriff on Misinformation, Immigration

"Before people start commenting on the border, come visit the border. Right now there's nothing going on."

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Texas Poised to Spend $6.5 Billion More on Border Security—Even as Crossings Plummet

Despite record-low border crossings and renewed federal immigration enforcement, Gov. Abbott's Operation Lone Star keeps growing, the Texas Tribune reported

Latin Times

With the border quiet, Texas ponders spending another $6.5 billion on border security

Some are questioning whether lawmakers should commit billions more to border security with illegal crossings dwindling and a Trump immigration crackdown.

The Texas Tribune

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.

The Texas Tribune

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.

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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

Texas Observer

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.

Latin Times

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

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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

International Business 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

Latin 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

The Guardian - US

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.

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