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State of Disaster Declared in Lavaca County Due to Border Crises Get our free mobile app Just last week we saw two bailout instances in Victoria in 2 days.  Individuals who were identified as entering the country illegally were apprehended by federal officials.   The person was transporting these individuals could face human smuggling charges. This has been happening all over south Texas! In response to this developing situation, yesterday, Lavaca County, Texas has declared a state of disaster in response to increasing occurrences of human and drug trafficking in the county.  "The ongoing...

(The Center Square) – Four Texas counties have issued disaster declarations and called on the governor for help because of escalated crime in their communities resulting from a surge in illegal immigration. In response, Gov. Greg Abbott has asked counties and state agencies to report the financial costs to his office in an attempt to be reimbursed by the federal government for the strain being placed on law enforcement. Abbott launched Operation Lone Star last month in an effort to divert Texas DPS, Ranger, and National Guard resources to the border to reduce cartel- and other-related cr...

Number of Texas deaths linked to winter storm grows to 151, including 23 in Dallas-Fort Worth area Most of the deaths were caused by hypothermia, according to state officials. The brutal winter storm in February knocked out power, heat and water to millions of Texans.(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer) 9:57 PM on Apr 30, 2021 CDT More than 150 Texans died because of February’s winter storm, according to the latest data from the Texas Department of State Health Services. In its latest update, the state health agency said that 151 fatalities have officially been linked to the brutal storm, ...

Joe Biden is breaking the law every day by refusing to protect our border, one of the most important jobs he has. However, the local governments in Texas has had it, and they plan to do something about it. Four Texas counties, Atascosa, Kinney, LaSalle, and Goliad, were declared states of disaster last week due to the illegal immigration crisis. The Kinney declaration reads, “The ongoing border crisis has resulted in thousands of illegal aliens invading Kinney County and overwhelming our local, state, and federal law enforcement.” “This continual violation of our sovereignty and territo...

(The Center Square) – Four Texas counties have issued disaster declarations and called on the governor for help because of escalated crime in their communities resulting from a surge in illegal immigration. In response, Gov. Greg Abbott has asked counties and state agencies to report the financial costs to his office in an attempt to be reimbursed by the federal government for the strain being placed on law enforcement. Abbott launched Operation Lone Star last month in an effort to divert Texas DPS, Ranger, and National Guard resources to the border to reduce cartel- and other-related cr...