Operation Lone Star will likely be discussed in a subcommittee meeting next week as the Legislature decides how much to spend on border security.
Commenting on the border crisis, Speaker Phelan said the Texas House will soon present an “innovative solution,” but did not provide details.
Sen. Roland Gutierrez also proposed moving the Confederate Soldiers Monument at the Capitol to the Austin State Cemetery.
The attorney general has spent much of his administration suing President Biden over illegal immigration and the border crisis.
The Texas Military said that the state has constructed more than 130 miles of barrier, including fencing with razor wire.
Though he approached the strategy cautiously, Gov. Greg Abbott has embraced the idea that illegal immigration is an “invasion.”
Paxton explained that Biden “could easily” assume control of the Texas National Guard if the state tried to circumvent the U.S. government.
Gov. Greg Abbott indicated that the Texas Rangers are investigating the death with help from the guard.
The Texas Department of Public Safety helped border guards find hundreds of pounds of marijuana in the High Lonesome Mountains.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed at least nine separate lawsuits against the Biden administration over illegal immigration.
Through border security measures, Texas law enforcement has seized enough fentanyl to cause hundreds of millions of deadly overdoses.
El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser claimed the program is different than the one pursued by Gov. Greg Abbott, which has so far bused 11,000 people.
