Gov. Greg Abbott has involuntarily activated thousands of National Guard troops since last year for his controversial border security mission known as Operation Lone Star. Here's what you need to know about the initiative:
to Col. Daniel Heape, inspector general of the Texas Military Department, demanding a sweeping investigation into Operation Lone Star and how the mission is impacting the “well-being, morale, and overall readiness of our troops.”During the fiscal year that ended in September 2021, the number of enforcement actions by U.S.
Customs and Border Protection, which includes detentions and arrests of migrants,, Customs and Border Protection saw a 278% increase in migrant encounters from fiscal year 2020 to fiscal year 2021 — and so far, that count has been higher in every month in the 2022 fiscal year compared to 2021., our multiday celebration of big, bold ideas about politics, public policy and the day’s news — all taking place just steps away from the Texas Capitol from Sept. 22-24.