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2021-07-27 -Land of the Free

Texas' Operation Lone Star nets over 53,000 migrant apprehensions, 3,400 arrests

[FoxNews] The Operation Lone Star program launched by Texas to combat the smuggling of drugs and people across the U.S.-Mexico border has now resulted in more than 53,300 migrant apprehensions and 3,400 criminal arrests, the state’s Department of Public Safety tells Fox News.

Its troopers, through July 22, have also been involved in 546 vehicle pursuits and have seized more than 4,800 pounds of cocaine and methamphetamines, 936 firearms and $7.8 million dollars in the areas of the Rio Grande Valley, Del Rio, Big Bend and El Paso, the department says.

"Since Operation Lone Star began in March, DPS has deployed around one-thousand Troopers to assist at the border," it added in a statement. "DPS Troopers continue to enforce all state violations of law including, but not limited to, criminal trespassing, criminal mischief, smuggling and human trafficking."

In March, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the "crisis at our southern border continues to escalate because of Biden Administration policies that refuse to secure the border and invite illegal immigration."

"Texas supports legal immigration but will not be an accomplice to the open border policies that cause, rather than prevent, a humanitarian crisis in our state and endanger the lives of Texans," the governor added.

On Monday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton told Fox News that his state has been "forced into" arresting migrants crossing the border illegally because the federal government has "no interest in doing the job."

Posted by Skidmark 2021-07-27 11:59|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top
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#1 So what happens after they are apprehended? I guess 3400 had other criminal violations and can be held, but are the other 50,000 just transported to the cities and released, like the Feds do?

Posted by Glenmore 2021-07-27 15:10|| 2021-07-27 15:10|| Front Page Top

#2 Texas empties prison to prepare to detain immigrants arrested during ramped-up border enforcement

Posted by Skidmark 2021-07-27 16:56|| 2021-07-27 16:56|| Front Page Top

#3 We need pink jail suits, tent cities, and work details, like Arpaio used to have in AZ. Screw catch and release.

Posted by Glenmore 2021-07-27 17:59|| 2021-07-27 17:59|| Front Page Top

#4 Treat it as a border violation case - *NOT* a
immigration case (because they are not immigrants!) and simply deport them. No Immigration courts or process, etc... Straight to the border.

Posted by CrazyFool 2021-07-27 18:46|| 2021-07-27 18:46|| Front Page Top

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