…are operating in the RGV and throughout the Texas border under Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star. Since March 2021 and as of Feb. 3, OLS officers have apprehended…
Texas Border Wall Under Construction
…Texas Civil Rights Project said to The Dallas Express. “We call on Governor Abbott to put an end to political stunts like this and Operation Lone Star,” Thorne continued. “It’s…
TX Judge: 'There is no Open Border in El Paso'
…Texas law enforcement officers through Operation Lone Star arresting more than 24,000 criminals who’ve come in through the southern border since March 2021, according to the governor’s office. They also…
TX Father Testifies on Fentanyl Border Crisis
…law enforcement officers working through Operation Lone Star have told The Center Square they are more concerned about what’s coming through between ports of entry – volumes of drugs at…
Abbott Names Texas Border Czar
…two years, the State of Texas has taken unprecedented, historic action under Operation Lone Star in response to the Biden Administration’s refusal to secure the border,” Abbott explained in a…
Drug Stash Uncovered in DFW Traffic Stop
…a recent trend of major drug trafficking incidents across the Lone Star State, including in the metroplex. Federal authorities recently arrested 25 alleged drug traffickers in Dallas in a bust…
42 Texas Counties Support Declaring Invasion
…They also expressed support for Gov. Greg Abbott expanding his border security mission, Operation Lone Star, to address a crisis created by the federal government’s failure to uphold its constitutional…
Bill to Strengthen Texas’ Employment Verification
…As many as 15 people may be staying in a one-bedroom apartment,” Goliad County Sheriff Roy Boyd, who leads an Operation Lone Star task force, told The Center Square. Those…
Dallas Prepared for Smart City Future
…The number of tech jobs per capita Dallas was not the sole Lone Star State representative on the list. Austin landed at number one, scoring 75.4 points. Austin was followed…
Nearly 1.8 Million Apprehensions in Texas
…the population of Zapata County. Its Democratic sheriff Raymundo Del Bosque Jr., has been working with Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star to thwart cartel-driven criminal activity coming into his…
Unlawful Migrants Bused to VP's House
…any Federal or local authorities,” White House assistant press secretary Abdullah Hasan alleged in the statement. The buses appear to have originated from Texas as part of Operation Lone Star,…
New Operation Lone Star Task Force
(The Center Square) – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has launched a new Operation Lone Star task force to track and apprehend gotaways – the term used by Border Patrol agents…
New Route for Unlawful Entry Into U.S.
…Texas are aided by state Department of Public Safety officers and local law enforcement working through Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security mission, Operation Lone Star, Vermont has no such border…
Where Texans Can Get Naloxone
…lawmakers have blamed President Joe Biden’s open border policies for the influx of fentanyl in Texas. Since last March, law enforcement officers through Texas’ border security mission, Operation Lone Star,…
Texas Counties Declare Unlawful Migration Disaster
…support law enforcement via Gov. Abbott’s Operation Lone Star grant program. Since its announcement in September 2021, $130 million has been allocated through the grant program. While Hopkins County was…
7 More Counties Declare Invasion
…foreign nationals and returning those who do enter illegally to Mexico. While Abbott’s November letters use the word “repel,” Texas law enforcement officers working through Operation Lone Star haven’t prevented…
Rescued Trafficked Victim: It Takes 5 to 13 Years to Buy Freedom
…Goliad County. Texas law enforcement working through Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star continue to thwart human smuggling operations stemming from the southern border. They’re interdicting smugglers using 18-wheelers, dump…
DEA Issues Public Safety Alert About Lethal Fentanyl-Laced Fake Prescription Pills
…years, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has said “the cartels have been emboldened by Biden administration’s open border policies that are killing Americans.” In March 2021, Abbott launched Operation Lone Star…
Abbott Expanding Operation Lone Star in Effort to Secure Border
(The Center Square) – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is expanding Operation Lone Star in an effort to further secure the state’s southern border with Mexico. Abbott, who has been critical…
Abbott, County Judges at Odds over How to 'Repel Invasion'
…Republican Party of Texas, and others maintain, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. After being among the first to send aid to assist with Abbott’s Operation Lone Star, DeSantis said it…