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It was a change from the Republican governor's legal battles with the Biden administration. Abbott spent the last four years testing a state's ability to enforce immigration law — at times at odds with Border Patrol.
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He said migrants will 'pay with their bodies' if they enter Texas illegally.
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At least 17 Texas National Guardsman died patrolling the southern border, including several suicidesGov. Greg Abbott has mobilized thousands of National Guard troops to the southern border over the past three years to deter illegal migration. The mobilization has taken a toll on some soldiers.
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The General Land Office announcements came as Gov. Greg Abbott and Tom Homan, the incoming Trump administration's border czar, visited soldiers and troopers assigned to Operation Lone Star.
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As Texas continues its multi- effort to secure the border, state lawmakers were told this week that most of the people charged with smuggling immigrants over a recent 12-month period were U.S. citizens.
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Since Abbott's Operation Lone Star began in 2021, at least 17 Texas National Guardsman have died from a multitude of causes, including a drowning in an attempt to save migrants, negligent discharge of a personally owned weapon and suicides.
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Senate Bill 602 was touted as another force multiplier on the border. But almost a year after the law went into effect, the program has yet to get off the ground.
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El Paso County is asking the governor to help cover the mounting cost of using local jail space for Operation Lone Star arrests.
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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.
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Groups of anti-migrant vigilantes are operating with impunity and new reporting finds they are getting cooperation from local law enforcement and immigration agents—with alarming results. Also, a new ACLU reports finds that Operation Lone Star is racially profiling and arresting people who pose no threat to public safety.