Kinney County, Texas, is Operation Lone Star's poster child
Officials in the Texas border county are pushing Gov. Greg Abbott to take ever more extreme action against migrants and asylum-seekers.
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Officials in the Texas border county are pushing Gov. Greg Abbott to take ever more extreme action against migrants and asylum-seekers.
Officials in rural Kinney County, Texas, are pushing Gov. Greg Abbott to take ever more extreme action against migrants and asylum-seekers.
(CNS News) -- Matt Benacci, a spokesman Kinney County, Texas, which borders Mexico, confirmed to CNS News that his county supports a declaration warning of an “invasion” by illegal immigrants, and has declared the situation a “local disaster,” as girls as young as 15 are caught smuggling immigrants across the border.
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