Republican Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is deploying some of her state’s National Guard troops to Texas to help slow illegal border crossings into the state. On Tuesday, the Arkansas governor announced plans to deploy 40 National Guard troops from her state. She said this deployment would begin on April 1 and last approximately two […]
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is the latest Republican governor to deploy a contingent of his state’s National Guard troops to the U.S. southern border to help block illegal border crossings. During a visit to the Texas border town of Eagle Pass last month, Mr. Lee announced his intent to authorize two new rounds of troop […]
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced this week that the state will deploy up to 200 of its National Guard soldiers and 22 state highway patrol troopers to support operations in Texas to secure portions of the U.S.-Mexico border. In a statement on Feb. 20, the Republican governor said he witnessed “a crisis” that is directly […]
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb has ordered the deployment of 50 Indiana National Guard troops to Texas to assist efforts led by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to block illegal border crossings from Mexico. “I am sending 50 #Hoosier Guardsmen to the southern border to support the Texas National Guard on their security mission,” Mr. Holcomb wrote […]
A Texas judge has dismissed a lawsuit by a group of male illegal immigrants who claimed that an operation initiated by the Republican Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, was in violation of their constitutional rights. Mr. Abbott launched Operation Lone Star in March of 2021. It effectively authorized a coordinated effort between the Texas Department […]
“Stop the invasion.” That was the message posted front and center as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced plans to deploy even more National Guard, State Guard, and Highway Patrol to assist Texas in securing its southern border and ending the flow of illegal immigration from Mexico. “If we don’t have a border, then we are […]
Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in federal court for cutting through and destroying razor-wire barriers Texas officials have placed along the southern border to deter illegal crossings. Mr. Paxton filed the lawsuit in Texas’ western federal court district on Tuesday, naming the DHS, DHS Secretary […]
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen announced on July 31 that more than 60 Nebraska Army National Guard soldiers will be deployed to the U.S.–Mexico border in Texas to support Operation Lone Star. Mr. Pillen said in a press release that the troops will assist with securing the state’s border with Mexico for around four weeks, departing […]
Texas’ efforts to stop the smuggling of drugs, weapons, and people into the United States under Operation Lone Star have borne fruit, according to data provided by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who pledged to continue deploying “every strategy” available to respond to the border crisis. Operation Lone Star was launched in March 2021 in response […]
A spokesperson for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) defended video footage of a U.S. Border Patrol agent cutting open a section of razor wire for an illegal immigrant family, saying that it was a necessary action to apprehend them. On Friday, Fox News reporter Bill Melugin shared a Twitter post showing the unidentified Border […]
A soldier from the Texas Army National Guard remains missing a day after he tried to help two illegal immigrants who appeared to be drowning in the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas. The two immigrants are now alleged by the Texas Rangers to be involved in narcotics trafficking. “The service member selflessly attempted to […]
This is Part 2 of “Bedlam at the Texas Border,” direct from the Rio Grande Valley on the Mexican border with the Texas Public Policy Foundation. In Part 1, we heard from frustrated locals in the Rio Grande Valley—politicians, ranchers, law enforcement, and others on the river—who describe how cartels control the border, and they […]
In this two-part series “Bedlam at the Texas Border” we go down to the Rio Grande Valley on the Mexican border to see why Texas Governor Greg Abbott felt it necessary to take security into his own hands. (See Part 2 here) It’s also why the Texas Public Policy Foundation started the Texas Border Coalition, along […]
