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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Pooja Salhotra

El Paso County officials say it’s time the state pays for Operation Lone Star arrests

An undocumented Mexican migrant waits to board the vehicle where he will be transported after being arrested for trespassing private property by State Troopers as part of Operation Lone Star in Kinney County, on Nov. 9, 2021.
A Mexican migrant waits to be transported after being arrested for trespassing on private property near the border by Texas Department of Public Safety Troopers as part of Operation Lone Star on Nov. 9, 2021. (Credit: Verónica Gabriela Cárdenas for ProPublica/The Texas Tribune)

El Paso County leaders say a recent surge in migrant arrests by the state has cost the border county millions of dollars and spurred them to issue a disaster declaration this week — a move they have avoided for more than two years.

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