Politics
5-year anniversary of Operation Lone Star, nearly 540,000 apprehended(The Center Square) – Texas’ border security mission, Operation Lone Star, reached a milestone in March, its five-year anniversary. Gov. Greg Abbott first launched OLS in March 2021, in response… Read More
Border
EXCLUSIVE: Texas Operation Lone Star 2.0: pursuing domestic terrorist threats(The Center Square) – The border crisis is far from over despite the Trump administration implementing policies to reduce illegal border crossings to historic lows. The hardest part… Read More
Illegal Immigration
Texas DPS officers arrest more special interest aliens, including men from Iran(The Center Square) – Texas Department of Public Safety troopers working through Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security mission, Operation Lone Star, continue to arrest “special interest aliens,” primarily men from… Read More
Border
Texas border operation pursues smugglers by air, arresting them after multi-day manhunts(The Center Square) – Officers working through Texas’ border security mission, Operation Lone Star, continue to pursue human smugglers at the border, stopping them by air and after several day… Read More
Illegal Immigration
Here are the excuses human smugglers make that don’t fool officers(The Center Square) – Of the many American drivers pulled over near the border, or along major routes to and from the border, many are charged with human smuggling. But… Read More
Border
EXCLUSIVE: OLS task force takes down human smuggling operation(The Center Square) – After a year-long investigation into a smuggling operation at the border, an Operation Lone Star Task Force led by Goliad County Sheriff Roy Boyd took down… Read More
Border
As Texas’ border security efforts succeed, California is ‘new epicenter’ of crisis(The Center Square) – With the success of Texas’ border security mission Operation Lone Star pushing human trafficking efforts by Mexican cartels further west, southern California is “the new… Read More
Illegal Immigration
Operation Lone Star officers apprehend more human smugglers(The Center Square) – Texas Department of Public Safety officers working in Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security mission, Operation Lone Star, continue to apprehend human smugglers at the border. Smugglers… Read More
Illegal Immigration
53 Texas counties have now declared an invasion at southern border(The Center Square) – A total of 53 Texas counties have declared an invasion at the southern U.S. border and expressed support for Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security mission, Operation… Read More
Border
Operation Lone Star border security funding totals more than multiple state budgets(The Center Square) – The Texas legislature has allocated more than $11.6 billion to border security efforts over a four-year period, the most in state history. It totals more than… Read More
Illegal Immigration
Lawsuit over Rio Grande River buoys seeks to end Operation Lone Star(The Center Square) – Texas installed a new marine barrier of buoys last month in the Rio Grande River in Eagle Pass as part of its border security mission, Operation… Read More
Illegal Immigration
Operation Lone Star catches notorious ‘joker’ smuggler(The Center Square) – Law enforcement officers working through Texas’ border security mission, Operation Lone Star, are continuing to pursue and apprehend human smugglers – including a notorious coyote called… Read More
Illegal Immigration
Texas officers apprehend smugglers, find teens stuffed in trunk in 100 degree weather(The Center Square) – Human smugglers are continuing to be apprehended by law enforcement officers working through Texas’ border security mission, Operation Lone Star. Texas DPS troopers, sheriffs and their… Read More
Illegal Immigration
Texas’ Operation Lone Star has sent more than 500 buses of illegal immigrants to sanctuary cities(The Center Square) – Since Texas’ border security mission Operation Lone Star launched more than two years ago, the multi-agency effort has led to the apprehension of nearly 400,000 foreign… Read More
Immigration
New Operation Lone Star task force now tracking and apprehending gotaways(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… Read More
Immigration
Abbott tells Biden he’s ‘in violation of US constitution’ for failing to secure southern border(The Center Square) – While Gov. Greg Abbott has yet to issue a formal invasion declaration, on Wednesday he took what many believe was the most significant step toward doing… Read More
Immigration
Abbott expanding Operation Lone Star in effort to secure southern 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… Read More
Immigration
OLS officers apprehend over 700 people in one night, catch a man wanted by Interpol(The Center Square) – Texas law enforcement officers working through Operation Lone Star are continuing to thwart criminal activity at the southern border, making record numbers of apprehensions including human… Read More
Immigration
Operation Lone Star task force ‘holding the line’ against cartel traffickers but ‘can’t stop everyone’(The Center Square) – A 20-agency Operation Lone Star Task Force is making headway interdicting cartel and gang activity stemming from the Texas-Mexico border along a major trafficking route to… Read More
Immigration
Four more Texas counties declare invasion at southern border, bringing total to 22(The Center Square) – The judges and commissioners of four more Texas counties have declared an invasion at the southern border, bringing to 22 the number of counties that have… Read More
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