The request comes after Gov. Greg Abbott announced last month that Texas would divert about $500 million from state agencies to fund the controversial border mission which Abbott launched in 2021 in response to what the governor called President Biden’s “open-border” policies.
The request comes after Gov. Greg Abbott announced last month that Texas would divert about $500 million from state agencies to fund the controversial border mission.
The request comes after Gov. Greg Abbott announced last month that Texas would divert about $500 million from state agencies to fund the controversial border mission. Abbott launched Operation Lone Star last year in response to what he called President Biden’s “open-border” policies.
The group including the public defender offices of Travis, Bexar, Harris and Dallas counties is calling for the federal government to cut funding from local and state agencies who participate in the program and comes as Gov. Abbott expands the controversial border-security operation.
The Homeland Security Department, battling to defend its rules limiting arrests and deportations of illegal immigrants, submitted documents to a federal court that misrepresented the involvement of sheriffs' offices and victim advocates.