Gov. Abbott's border security effort, Operation Lone Star, could cost the state $4.6 billion over the next two years. Critics say Operation Lone Star is wasteful and inefficient, and money would be better spent on the needs of Texans.
PUBLISHED 1:46 PM CST Feb. 27, 2023AUSTIN, Texas — Critics of Gov. Greg Abbott’s signature border security program — Operation Lone Star — say that the program has wasted billions of state dollars and turned border communities into war zones.
Polls indicate many voters approve of Operation Lone Star, which Abbott has touted as a way to keep criminals and fentanyl out of the state “Wednesday will mark the second year that Operation Lone Star has been in practice, and the second year we have heard how not millions — but billions — were being spent to build out the incarceration machine in Texas,” said Alicia Torres of Grassroots Leadership. “This is not the budget we want. We’re asking lawmakers to be brave and just say no to Operation Lone Star.”
“Since Operation Lone Star was launched in 2021, I have watched, first-hand, our local law enforcement’s transformation into a pseudo-ICE agency,” Brown said, adding that drug use and domestic violence is on the rise in her home county. “Yet there are no efforts on behalf of our local law enforcement to investigate these issues.”
Yes, the problems on the border are bad, Brown said. But the current action — dumping billions into a law enforcement effort — has brought the state no closer to an actual solution. The state would be better off using resources to streamline legal entry and pathways to citizenship for those who qualify, rather than slapping them with trespassing charges, Brown said.
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