Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Governor Greg Abbott, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), and the Texas National Guard continue to work together to secure the border; stop the smuggling of drugs, weapons, and people into Texas; and prevent, detect, and interdict transnational criminal activity between ports of entry.
Since the launch of Operation Lone Star, the multi-agency effort has led to over 495,400 illegal immigrant apprehensions and more than 38,300 criminal arrests, with more than 34,700 felony charges.In the fight against the fentanyl crisis, Texas law enforcement has seized over 453 million lethal doses of fentanyl during this border mission.
Texas has also bused:
- Over 12,500 migrants to Washington, D.C. since April 2022
- Over 37,100 migrants to New York City since August 2022
- Over 30,800 migrants to Chicago since August 2022
- Over 3,400 migrants to Philadelphia since November 2022
- Over 15,700 migrants to Denver since May 18th
- Over 1,500 migrants to Los Angeles since June 14th
RECENT HIGHLIGHTS FROM OPERATION LONE STAR:
On Sunday, Governor Abbott joined Fox News Sunday to discuss New York City Mayor Eric Adams' lawsuit against bus companies participating in Texas’ migrant transportation strategy.
During the interview, the Governor argued that Mayor Adams should sue President Biden, who is the real culprit of his city’s migrant crisis.
“The Mayor sued the wrong party,” said Governor Abbott.
“If the Mayor is really trying to cut down on the number of illegal immigrants coming into New York, he needs to be suing Joe Biden — not these bus companies, because it’s Joe Biden and Joe Biden’s policies that’s causing the massive, multi-million influx into the United States that leads to many of them wanting to go to New York.”
“If the Mayor is really trying to cut down on the number of illegal immigrants coming into New York, he needs to be suing Joe Biden — not these bus companies, because it’s Joe Biden and Joe Biden’s policies that’s causing the massive, multi-million influx into the United States that leads to many of them wanting to go to New York.”
