Five years into Operation Lone Star, apprehensions ongoing in south Texas

(The Center Square) – Five years into Operation Lone Star, apprehensions of illegal border crossers are ongoing in Texas border communities and throughout south Texas. The greatest number of apprehensions are occurring in the Rio Grande Valley and Coastal Bend regions of Texas where an OLS Task Force is operating in full force led by Goliad County Sheriff Roy Boyd.

A new report by the Texas Department of Public Safety Border Security Operation’s Center obtained by The Center Square details how many people are being apprehended and how much drugs are being seized in south Texas counties.

Gov. Greg Abbott launched Operation Lone Star in March 2021 as the border crisis escalated. Under the Biden administration, Texas was inundated with the bulk of illegal border crossers along the southwest border — roughly two million or more a year including those who evaded capture. Under the Trump administration, illegal crossings have dropped by more than 95%, but they are still ongoing.

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