Officials described Bishop Evans' death as heroic, but those words do not include death benefits for his family. It's a problem State Rep John Cyrier (R) Lockhart tried to address.
Army Specialist Bishop Evans drowned last week while trying to save two migrants who were crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico.National Guard members carried a flag-draped stretcher up a boat ramp on Monday
Officials described Evans' death as heroic, but those words do not include death benefits for his family. It's a problem State Rep John Cyrier Lockhart tried to address. Despite all of that, family members are not eligible for federal death benefits. That’s because he died while deployed on Operation Lone Star, which is not a federal deployment, but one ordered by Governor Greg Abbott.22-year-old Texas Army National Guard Specialist Bishop E. Evans went missing while trying to rescue migrants in a river at the state’s border with Mexico, Texas officials said.
State troopers, who are deployed as part of Operation Lone Star, are covered by the state. Cyrier’s bill in 2019 failed and so did a second attempt in 2021.
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