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Senate border committee chairman worries that one day Texas will no longer be able to underwrite its ambitious border security initiative.
The Texas Senate Committee on Border Security has raised questions about the ongoing costs of Abbott's Operation Lone Star on the border. Texas has spent $11 billion since 2021 on Operation Lone ...
Texas is widening investigations into aid organizations along the U.S.-Mexico border over claims that nonprofits are helping migrants illegally enter the country, taking some groups to court and ...
Operation Lone Star ( OLS) is a joint operation between the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas Military Department along the United States–Mexico border in southern Texas. The operation started in 2021 and is ongoing. According to Texas Governor Greg Abbott, the operation is intended to counter a rise in illegal immigration, the illegal drug trade, and human smuggling. [5 ...
The Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013 (Bill S.744) [2] was a proposed immigration reform bill introduced by Sen. Charles Schumer ( D - NY) in the United States Senate. [3] The bill was co-sponsored by the other seven members of the "Gang of Eight", a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators who wrote and negotiated the bill. It was introduced in the ...
The Texas Virtual Border Watch is a pilot program created by the State of Texas that allows individuals with internet access to observe and report on the Texas–Mexico border via their computers. On June 1, 2006, Texas Governor Rick Perry announced 5 million dollars to be used with the voluntary participation of private land owners to install ...
AUSTIN, Texas - Border security and inflation are two of the biggest issues impacting Texans right now, according to U.S. Senator John Cornyn.
On January 11, 2024, the Texas National Guard took control of Shelby Park, a 47-acre (19 ha) area of parkland in the town of Eagle Pass, along the Rio Grande river, which separates the United States from Mexico, after Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed an emergency declaration to close the park. In his declaration, Abbott cited the Mexico–United States border crisis and the need to secure the ...