Texas is the only U.S. state building its own border wall, spending billions of dollars as part of Operation Lone Star.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott bragged about doing more for the U.S-Mexico border wall than Donald Trump, saying under his leadership, Texas has built more miles of the wall than the former president did while he was in office.During his Wednesday speech at the Texas Policy Summit, Abbott said, 'Texas is the only state in the history of the United States to build our own border wall.''We're not reinventing the wheel here.
'Abbott launched Operation Lone Star in 2021 in an effort to curb the influx of migrants who have arrived at the southern border. The operation made headlines for busing migrants to so-called 'sanctuary cities,' a move that has strained resources in New York City, Washington D.C., Chicago, Denver and Los Angeles.
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