It's infuriating to think about how ridiculous, wasteful, spiteful, and illogical Operation Lone Star is. Petey Feng deserved better.

From the article it doesn't sound like any of his former employers attempted to help Petey.

Leslie Brenner should be on the top of the Texan of the Year list for 2026. https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/texan-of-the-year/

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#ICE #OperationLoneStar #Restaurants #LineCook #PeteyFeng #Dallas

Texan of the Year | Dallas Morning News

The Dallas Morning News editorial board selects a Texan who has had an uncommonly positive impact on the Lone Star State each year.

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Texas Now Has a Drone Fleet Nearly as Large as the US Border Patrol’s

Besides border surveillance, the state has also deployed drones to surveil First Amendment-protected activities.

https://murica.website/2025/12/texas-now-has-a-drone-fleet-nearly-as-large-as-the-us-border-patrols/

Texas Now Has a Drone Fleet Nearly as Large as the US Border Patrol’s – The USA Potato

‘Operation Lone Star 2.0’: DPS arresting undocumented immigrants across Texas to aid Trump’s mass deportation

The Department of Public Safety has shifted from Biden-era border enforcement to helping expel people from the country, a job once exclusively done by federal authorities.

Houston Public Media

→ Drownings and Deterrence in the Rio Grande
https://www.lighthousereports.com/investigation/drownings-and-deterrence-in-the-rio-grande/

“In 2021, the state of #Texas launched a multi-billion dollar initiative to stop #asylum seekers from stepping foot in the #US, called #OperationLoneStar, erecting hundreds of miles of razor wire, floating buoys and other barriers. Meanwhile in #Mexico, the number of troops on its northern #border doubled by 2022.”

“We found at least 1,107 #people drowned crossing the #RioGrande between Texas and Mexico from 2017 to 2023 […]”

Drownings and Deterrence in the Rio Grande

More women and children are drowning trying to reach the US as Texas and Mexico militarize the border. Record requests reveal the soaring death toll in the Rio Grande amid official undercounts.

Lighthouse Reports

President Donald Trump’s budget reconciliation package includes roughly $13 billion to reimburse states for border security spending during Joe Biden’s presidency. Gov. Greg Abbott is hoping to secure the lion’s share of that funding for Texas.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/border/2025/07/10/526090/texas-will-seek-11-billion-in-reimbursement-from-trump-administration-for-border-security-expenditures/

#Border #Immigration #National #News #Politics #Texas #BigBeautifulBill #OperationLoneStar #PresidentJoeBiden #TexasGovernorGregAbbott #USDepartmentOfHomelandSecurity #USPresidentDonaldTrump

Texas will seek $11 billion in reimbursement from Trump administration for border security expenditures

President Donald Trump’s budget reconciliation package, which he signed into law July 4, includes roughly $13 billion in funding to reimburse states that spent, or plan to spend, their own funds to deter illegal border crossings between January 2021 and January 2029.

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High-speed chases added to Uvalde shooting chaos. Chases are down 3 years later — but trauma remains

Vehicle pursuits and the resulting "bailouts" played a major role in school officials' and law enforcement's response to the 2022 Robb Elementary school shooting. It leaves lasting consequences.

Houston Public Media

Should the federal government pay back border states like Texas for money they independently spent on state-led border security and immigration enforcement efforts? Gov. Greg Abbott and several elected officials in the Lone Star State think so.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/border/2025/01/28/512122/texas-lawmakers-get-behind-gov-abbotts-11-billion-request-for-border-security-reimbursement/

#Border #News #Texas #BorderSecurity #GregAbbott #JohnCornyn #OperationLoneStar #USCongress

Texas lawmakers get behind Gov. Abbott’s $11 billion request for border security reimbursement

Several members of the Texas Legislature are expressing their support after Gov. Greg Abbott asked the federal government to reimburse Texas for money it spent securing the border during the Biden administration.

Houston Public Media

Gov. Greg Abbott directed soldiers to the Rio Grande Valley on Monday to support U.S. Border Patrol personnel as part of his efforts to assist the Trump administration's border policies. The soldiers departed from Houston and Fort Worth.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/border/2025/01/27/512102/gov-greg-abbott-deploys-400-soldiers-to-texas-border-in-support-of-trump-immigration-policies/

#Border #Immigration #News #Politics #Texas #BorderImmigration #Government #GregAbbott #Migrants #OperationLoneStar #RioGrandeValley

Gov. Greg Abbott deploys 400 soldiers to Texas border in support of Trump immigration policies

The soldiers departed Monday from Houston and Fort Worth, marking a change from the Republican governor's legal battles with the Biden administration. Abbott spent the last four years testing a state's ability to enforce immigration law — at times at odds with Border Patrol.

Houston Public Media

Gov. Greg Abbott is asking the federal government for more than $11 billion in reimbursements to Texas for the costs of border security operations and wall construction during the Biden administration.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/border/2025/01/24/511900/greg-abbott-seeks-11-billion-in-federal-reimbursements-for-border-security/

#Border #Immigration #News #Texas #BorderAndImmigration #BorderSecurity #FederalFunding #GovernorGregAbbott #OperationLoneStar #TexasBorderAndImmigration

Greg Abbott seeks $11 billion in federal reimbursements for border security

In a letter to U.S. congressional leaders, the governor blamed previous border security policy for leaving Texas “defenseless,” forcing state officials to spend billions.

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@Scotter @pattykimura @GottaLaff #OperationLoneStar was a PR stunt, a humongous flop, a loaning of #TXNG as rental security for big landowners, cronies of Nazi On Wheels, Abbott. It was marked by corruption, grift and disgraced early retirements of officials and officers.