Customs and Border Protection said a group was “posing a potential threat to make a mass entry.” Traffic was closed or disrupted at each port.
Operation Lone Star will likely be discussed in a subcommittee meeting next week as the Legislature decides how much to spend on border security.
The governor made the request as the City of El Paso struggles to respond to a surge of thousands of illegal immigrants.
Back when Texas was a sovereign republic, the government tried to acquire territory in what is modern day New Mexico.
The court heard arguments in a case in which the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo is seeking the right to regulate its own gambling activities.
Officials in Laredo, El Paso, and Hidalgo County disregarded new CDC guidelines after previously using agency warnings to ramp up protocols.
Gov. Greg Abbott has previously declared a state of disaster in 34 counties over illegal immigration along the southern border.
Gov. Greg Abbott has declared a state of disaster, saying the federal government has left requests for assistance “unanswered.”
The former congressman condemned Gov. Greg Abbott’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic in an El Paso radio interview.
The rise of cases in El Paso County led Judge Ricardo Samaniego to proclaim a curfew after 10 p.m. and institute another lockdown order.
Tarrant County tops the list of largest county government spending increases with a $97 million spending binge going into next year.
