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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Alejandro Serrano

Abbott gave Trump credit when Texas closed a border site for booking migrants. But arrests were already low.

A U.S Customs and Border Protection agent and Val Verde Sheriff’s deputy meet along a rural section of state border wall under construction Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, outside of Del Rio.
A U.S Customs and Border Protection agent and Val Verde Sheriff’s deputy meet along a rural section of state border wall on Aug. 21, 2024, outside of Del Rio. (Credit: Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune)

Last month, Gov. Greg Abbott credited President Trump when he announced that Texas planned to close one of two booking facilities it opened as part of its all-out border clampdown, Operation Lone Star, that saw state troopers arresting migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border on state charges of criminal trespassing.

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