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The cost, scope, cruelty, and failure of the governor’s immigration dragnet far exceed that of any of his predecessors.

In October 2005, Texas Gov. Rick Perry traveled to the border city of Laredo and announced Operation Linebacker, a new initiative that he said would protect the state’s residents from terrorist groups such as al-Qaida. Without pointing to evidence, Perry said such terrorist groups, along with drug cartels and gangs, were attempting to exploit the U.S.-Mexico border. A press release from the governor’s office said Perry warned that after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, criminal organizations could “import terror, illegal narcotics and weapons of mass destruction.”

Since 2005, Texas Govs. Rick Perry and Greg Abbott have launched a multitude of widely publicized and costly border initiatives.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott shared preliminary data on the number of apprehensions of people from southern Africa.

Another woman has come forward with allegations against Chris Noth, becoming the fifth...