Operation Lone Star is entering its third year and people are wondering how this mission can continue as it is. State Rep. Matt Schaefer talks with FOX 7 Austin's Rudy Koski about HB 20 and how he hopes to reorganize the mission.
Right now, the primary workforce, when you look at the just sheer quantity, comes from the Texas National Guard. Those are temporary workers. That sergeant who standing by the river is really a diesel mechanic from east Texas. He has to go back to his job. And in fact, the state can only keep him on active duty orders for a certain period of time. So we have a temporary workforce that's applied against a full time problem.
These will be professional state employees under the authority of the Department of Public Safety Commission with a special authorization from the governor. They will have gone through training. They will have accountability. They will have rules and they will function in many of the same ways that the Texas National Guard under Operation Lone Star are operating right now. So our officers are going to be able to protect themselves and have self-defense.
The Border Protection Unit officers will have the authority to do what they need to do to protect Texas at the river. They will be able to protect themselves. If they were ever, if their lives were in danger. But the primary thing that we want to do is; create a deterrent at the river so that people will come into Texas the right way.
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