Texas opens jail for migrant women as arrests ramp up under Abbott's border operation
Houston Chronicle
Satija, N.
07/27/2023
5 doc(s)
County jails; Eagle Pass, Texas; Edinburg, Texas; Jail population; Maverick County Jail; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Prisons; Reed, Susan; Sex discrimination; Trespassing; Undocumented immigrants; Women
ACLU: Feds hand migrants over to state police
San Antonio Express News
McCullough, J.
12/05/2022
3 doc(s)
American Civil Liberties Union; Border Patrol, U.S.; Immigration enforcement; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Public Safety, Texas Department of; Refugees and asylees; Trespassing
TEXAS-MEXICO BORDER: Who is paying for crackdown?
Dallas Morning News
Garrett, R.
09/13/2022
1 TX bill 9 doc(s)
Budget execution authority; Coronavirus; Federal aid; Fiscal management; Howard, Donna; Operation Lone Star (Border security); State agency budgets; State budgets
Homeland Security chief says Abbott’s ‘unilateral’ moves on border ‘can wreak havoc’
San Antonio Express News
Contreras, G.
08/26/2022
4 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Human smuggling; Immigration enforcement; Mayorkas, Alejandro; Refugees and asylees; Undocumented immigrants
What’s a life worth in Texas National Guard?
Austin American Statesman
Grumet, B.
05/29/2022
1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Death benefits; Military casualties; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Public opinion polls; Texas National Guard
Answers needed in wake of border drowning
San Antonio Express News
Editorial
05/01/2022
3 doc(s)
Drownings; Military casualties; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Texas National Guard; Undocumented immigrants
Federal lawsuit seeks to end Abbott’s border arrest operation, release migrants from state custody
Houston Chronicle
Scherer, J.
04/29/2022
7 doc(s)
Civil rights; Immigration enforcement; Immigration lawsuits; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Trespassing
Abbott’s abuse of emergency powers is at odds with Texas Constitution
Houston Chronicle
Editorial
04/24/2022
5 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Barnes, Ben; Coronavirus; Emergency management; González, Mary; Gubernatorial powers; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Ratliff, Bill; Texas Constitution
Texas Guard replaces commander of troubled Operation Lone Star
Austin American Statesman
Winkie, D.
04/15/2022
3 doc(s)
Border security; Military Department, Texas; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Suelzer, Thomas M. 'Tom'; Texas National Guard
Abbott warns sheriffs of ‘cataclysmic’ wave of migrant crossings at the border
Dallas Morning News
Corchado, A.
04/12/2022
4 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border counties; Border security; Buses; County sheriffs; Immigration enforcement; Jail population; Samaniego, Ricardo A.
Gov. Greg Abbott orders Texas to inspect vehicles at border, charter buses to ship migrants to D.C.
Dallas Morning News
Garrett, R.
04/07/2022
5 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border security; Buses; Immigration enforcement
Abbott vows more action on border
Houston Chronicle
Wermund, B.
04/02/2022
5 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border security; Castro, Joaquin; Castro, Julián; Cuellar, Henry; Gonzalez, Vicente; Pfluger, August; Refugees and asylees; Roy, Chip
Texas continues imprisoning migrants without filing charges or appointing lawyers, court filings claim
San Antonio Express News
McCullough, J.
03/29/2022
8 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border security; McCraw, Steve; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Trespassing
A snapshot of Operation Lone Star in Del Rio is murky
San Antonio Express News
Lingle, B.
03/27/2022
4 doc(s)
Border security; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Texas National Guard
Texas continues imprisoning migrants without filing charges or appointing lawyers, court filings claim
Austin American Statesman
McCollough, J.
03/22/2022
4 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Immigration enforcement; McCraw, Steve; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Trespassing
New Guard leadership is not enough. Abbott should scrap Operation Lone Star.
Houston Chronicle
Editorial
03/18/2022
6 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border security; Immigration policy; Military Department, Texas; Norris, Tracy; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Suelzer, Thomas M. 'Tom'; Texas National Guard
Gov. Greg Abbott changing leaders at Texas Military Department amid criticism over border deployment
Dallas Morning News
Morris, A.
03/15/2022
6 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Adjutant General, Texas; Gubernatorial appointments; Norris, Tracy; Suelzer, Thomas M. 'Tom'
Gov. Greg Abbott touts one year of Operation Lone Star, confirms Texas will expand migrant arrests
Austin American Statesman
Griswold, N.
03/11/2022
5 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border counties; Border security; Immigration enforcement; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Trespassing
Gov. Abbott is extending border arrest program into three new South Texas counties
Houston Chronicle
Scherer, J.
03/09/2022
3 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border security; Hinojosa, Juan 'Chuy'; McCraw, Steve; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Trespassing
As Texas Guard members seek to unionize, Gov. Abbott's GOP rivals pounce
Houston Chronicle
Wallace, J.
02/19/2022
3 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Gubernatorial campaigns; Huffines, Don; Military personnel; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Texas National Guard; West, Allen
Texas House Democrats call for federal investigation into Abbott's Operation Lone Star
Austin American Statesman
Griswold, N.
01/28/2022
8 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Anchía, Rafael; González, Mary; Justice, U.S. Department of; Operation Lone Star (Border security)
Abbott’s play wall made the border worse. Real reform starts in Washington.
Houston Chronicle
Editorial
01/25/2022
5 doc(s)
Border security; Immigration enforcement; Kinney County; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Shahan, Tully
After district court success, lawyers challenge more than 400 Operation Lone Star arrests
Austin American Statesman
Hall, K.
01/21/2022
4 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border security; Kinney County; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Texas RioGrande Legal Aid; Trespassing; Undocumented immigrants
Attorneys launch sweeping challenge to over 400 of Gov. Abbott’s migrant border arrests
Houston Chronicle
Scherer, J.
01/21/2022
4 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border security; Court congestion; Immigration enforcement; Kinney County; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Texas RioGrande Legal Aid
On the border, chasing delays in pay and fewer migrants, some Texas guardsmen are losing faith
San Antonio Express News
Christenson, S.
01/17/2022
5 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border security; Military personnel; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Salaries; Texas National Guard
National Guard problems demand more attention
Beaumont Enterprise
Editorial
01/14/2022
2 doc(s)
Military personnel; Texas National Guard
Abbott dismisses criticism of National Guard pay issues and suicides, accusing opponents of ‘playing politics’
Houston Chronicle
Scherer, J.
01/13/2022
6 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border security; Dominguez, Alex; Gubernatorial campaigns; Huffines, Don; Krause, Matt; Military Department, Texas; Military personnel; Norris, Tracy; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Suicide; Texas National Guard; West, Allen
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s border strategy questioned by foes after pay issues, suicides
Dallas Morning News
Morris, A.
01/08/2022
3 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border security; Military Department, Texas; O'Rourke, Beto; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Suicide; Texas National Guard; West, Allen; White, James
Delayed pay, benefit cuts vex Texas National Guard troops deployed to border
San Antonio Express News
Scherer, J.
01/06/2022
7 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Mental health services; Military Department, Texas; Norris, Tracy; O'Rourke, Beto; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Salaries; Suicide; Texas National Guard; Tuition
Coronavirus shuts down legal proceedings in latest misstep for Texas border crackdown
Houston Chronicle
McCollough, J.
12/05/2021
2 doc(s)
Border security; Coronavirus; Court congestion; Kinney County; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Trespassing; Undocumented immigrants
Border stance seems to give Abbott boost
Dallas Morning News
Solis, D.
11/22/2021
3 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border issues; Public opinion polls
Thanksgiving should be a way of life
Lufkin Daily News
Ashby, T.
11/20/2021
2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
American Rescue Plan Act; Ashby, Trent; Border security; Coronavirus; Federal aid
In latest blunder, charges dropped against migrants arrested in Texas governor’s border crackdown because of faulty paperwork
Austin American Statesman
McCullough, J.
11/07/2021
2 doc(s)
Border security; Trespassing; Undocumented immigrants
Gov. Abbott holds border discussion in Midland, hints at special session
Midland Reporter Telegram
Stringer, M.
11/05/2021
2 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border issues
Border Patrol chief concerned over Abbott's border security initiative
Houston Chronicle
Scherer, J.
10/23/2021
4 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border Patrol, U.S.; Immigration enforcement; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Trespassing
National Guard troops help make more than 7,700 arrests at Texas' southern border
Corpus Christi Caller Times
Moritz, J.
10/22/2021
1 TX bill 4 doc(s)
Border barriers; McCraw, Steve; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Texas National Guard; Trespassing
Problems hinder migrant arrest effort
Houston Chronicle
Scherer, J.
10/10/2021
1 TX bill 7 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; County attorneys; Court congestion; False reports and accusations; Immigration enforcement; Kinney County; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Police misconduct; Trespassing; Val Verde County
Trespass charges against migrants dropped
Dallas Morning News
McCullough, J.
10/07/2021
2 doc(s)
False reports and accusations; Immigration enforcement; Public Safety, Texas Department of; Trespassing; Undocumented immigrants
Judge orders release of 240 migrants jailed under Abbott's border plan
Houston Chronicle
Scherer, J.
09/29/2021
5 doc(s)
Immigration enforcement; Non-citizen inmates; Operation Lone Star (Border security)
Mayorkas: US won’t protect border with wall
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Torres, C.
09/27/2021
2 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Biden, Joe; Border barriers; Border security; Refugees and asylees
Edinburg prison now second in Texas to house arrested immigrants
McAllen Monitor
Gonzalez, V.
09/17/2021
5 doc(s)
Border security; Edinburg, Texas; Immigrant detention centers; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Prisons; Segovia Unit; Trespassing
Let us never forget about 9/11
Lufkin Daily News
Nichols, R.
09/13/2021
7 doc(s)
Nichols, Robert; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Traffic safety; Transportation, Texas Department of
Can torch-bearing Texans stop Abbott's monster?
Houston Chronicle
Editorial
09/05/2021
2 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Abortion; Bonnen, Greg; Border security; Constitutional carry; Redistricting
‘We are completely being overwhelmed by immigrants,' Texas Dem says of backing Abbott border plan
Dallas Morning News
Garrett, R.
09/03/2021
1 TX bill 4 doc(s)
Border security; Hinojosa, Juan 'Chuy'; Lucio, Eddie, Jr.; Powell, Beverly; Undocumented immigrants; West, Royce; Whitmire, John
$1.8B border security bill heads to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk
Austin American Statesman
Mekelburg, M.
09/02/2021
1 TX bill 4 doc(s)
Border barriers; Border security; Gutierrez, Roland; Lucio, Eddie, Jr.; Nelson, Jane; Patrick, Dan; State agency budgets; Zaffirini, Judith
Belying political hype, migrant surge is largely invisible in border communities
San Antonio Express News
Althaus, D.
08/29/2021
5 doc(s)
Border barriers; Border security; Unaccompanied minors; Undocumented immigrants; Villalobos, Javier
Texas Gov. Abbott’s border security plan with $1.8 billion boost advances over Democrats’ objections
Dallas Morning News
Garrett, R.
08/28/2021
1 TX bill 4 doc(s)
Bonnen, Greg; Border barriers; Border security; Moody, Joe; State budgets
Texas Republicans' Supreme Court win raises more doubt about Biden's immigration policy
Houston Chronicle
Wermund, B.
08/26/2021
5 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Biden, Joe; Immigration policy; Refugees and asylees; Supreme Court arguments and decisions, U.S.
Gov. Abbott seeks $1B for wall as Republicans push to triple Texas border security budget
Houston Chronicle
Scherer, J.
08/26/2021
1 TX bill 4 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Border security; Dominguez, Alex
Texas House panel backs Gov. Greg Abbott’s plan to nearly triple state spending on border security
Dallas Morning News
Garrett, R.
08/25/2021
1 TX bill 5 doc(s)
Border barriers; Border security; Dominguez, Alex; González, Mary; Immigrant detention centers; Johnson, Ann; McCraw, Steve; Office of the Governor; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Public Safety, Texas Department of; Schaefer, Matt; State agency budgets; Texas National Guard; Zwiener, Erin
The first migrants arrested in Gov. Greg Abbott's border crackdown have served their time. Federal officials will decide what happens next.
San Antonio Express News
McCollough, J.
08/14/2021
2 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border security; Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S.; Misdemeanors; Trespassing; Undocumented immigrants; Val Verde County
Texas judge blocks arrest of Dem legislators who fled state to stop voting restrictions
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Moravec, E.
08/10/2021
1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; House Democratic Caucus, Texas; House quorum; Lucio, Eddie, III; Murphy, Jim; Phelan, Dade; Urrutia, Brad; Voting rights
Governor, border security is federal
Austin American Statesman
Editorial
08/08/2021
4 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Immigration enforcement; Public opinion polls
Did Biden create COVID super-spreader at border? The truth about McAllen.
Houston Chronicle
Editorial
08/08/2021
5 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Biden, Joe; Border health; Catholic Charities USA; Coronavirus; Immigration policy; Immunizations; McAllen, Texas; Quarantines; Refugees and asylees; Undocumented immigrants; Villalobos, Javier
Cheering on the 40 Texans on US Olympic squad
Lufkin Daily News
Nichols, R.
08/02/2021
1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Nichols, Robert
Abbott's border wall is a chain-link fence, built by soldiers in a community tired of political games
San Antonio Express News
Christenson, S.
08/01/2021
4 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Border security; Economic impact; Immigration policy; Owens, Lewis; Public Safety, Texas Department of; Texas National Guard; Undocumented immigrants; Val Verde County
A Disordered Order
Dallas Morning News
Editorial
07/31/2021
5 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Coronavirus; Executive orders; Immigrant detention centers; Justice, U.S. Department of; Undocumented immigrants
Risky
McAllen Monitor
Editorial
07/30/2021
2 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border security; Hinojosa, Juan 'Chuy'; National Guard; Noem, Kristi; South Dakota
Abbott calls on Texas National Guard to help law enforcement agencies detain migrants
Dallas Morning News
O'Hanlon, M.
07/28/2021
3 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border security; Law enforcement; Texas National Guard; Undocumented immigrants
Gov. Abbott hits the gas on his rogue immigration crackdown
Houston Chronicle
Blackman, J.
07/28/2021
5 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border security; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Texas National Guard