The soldiers and airmen were to board four C-130J cargo planes as part of what the guard...
CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO - DECEMBER 18: Immigrants seeking asylum turn themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents after wading across the Rio Grande to El Paso, Texas on December 18, 2022 from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The city of El Paso declared a state of emergency one week after a surge of asylum seekers began crossing the border, quickly overwhelming federal immigration and city authorities. U.S.
Until last year, when Operation Lone Star began, the Texas Guard’s border missions had a relatively small footprint. Then-Gov. Rick Perry ordered one mission in 2014, dispatching 1,000 troops to be “the tip of the spear in protecting Americans from these cartels and gangs.” While Abbott has, like Perry, repeatedly invoked troubles along the border in highly partisan rhetoric aimed directly at Democratic presidents, the latest operation has been costly and drawn widespread criticism.
So far, hundreds of millions of dollars in state funding have been spent to maintain the heavy troop presence on the border. It also has resulted in morale problems among troops, including some suicides, as they suffered through a variety of problems ranging from pay shortages to hardships tied to their service.
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