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The Latest Breaking News from Operation Lone Star

Greg Abbott’s Wasteful Border War Is Draining the State’s Coffers

The cost, scope, cruelty, and failure of the governor’s immigration dragnet far exceed that of any of his predecessors.

Texas Observer

Two decades of border stunts in Texas

Texas Govs. Rick Perry and Greg Abbott pushed border initiatives while kicking off re-election campaigns

Salon

Guardian of the Guard

Jason Featherston, who has devoted more than half his life to the National Guard, is now the leading critic of Governor Greg Abbott’s border surge.

Texas Observer

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Texas border deployment gets nearly $5 million boost after GOP leaders move money from other agencies

AUSTIN, Texas — With no fanfare, five of Texas’ top Republican leaders late last month moved nearly a half-billion dollars from three law enforcement-related state agencies to pay for the mounting costs of keeping thousands of National Guard soldiers deployed at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Tribune News Service

Texas National Guard member dies after gun accidentally goes off

Soldier was part of state’s Operation Lone Star to stem US-Mexico border crossings

The Independent UK

Texas House Democrats call for federal investigation into Abbott's Operation Lone Star

Fifty Texas House Democrats have sent a letter to the U.S. Departments of Justice and Homeland Security requesting a federal investigation into Gov. Greg Abbott's immigration and border policy known as Operation Lone Star, calling the initiative unconstitutional and a violation of migrants' civil and due process rights.

Tribune News Service

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