Texas Border Project
Austin – We continue to work with the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), Gov. Greg Abbott of the Texas State Guard, and the Trump administration to secure the border. Stop smuggling drugs, weapons and people in Texas. It also prevents, detects and prevents cross-border criminal activity between ports of entry.
Since the launch of Operation Lone Star, multi-agency efforts have led to more than 531,600 undocumented immigrant anxiety, more than 51,300 criminal arrests, and more than 43,800 felony charges. In the fight against the fentanyl crisis, Texas law enforcement has seized more than 626 million deadly doses of fentanyl, inadequate to kill all men, women and children in the United States, Mexico and Canada, along with the border mission.
Operation Lone Star continues to work to cancel the damage caused by the Biden administration. All individuals with drugs that were arrested or arrested and seized would otherwise have invaded Texas and the country’s communities due to open border policies.
Recent highlights of Operation Lone Star:
Governor Abbott joins Vice President Vance at the roundtable of border guards at Eagle Pass
On Wednesday, Governor Abbott participated in a roundtable of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegses and border guards to discuss Vice President J.D. Vance, Secretary of Defense, Director of National Intelligence Tarsi Gabbard, and local leaders of the Eagle Pass Border Patrol and President Donald Trump’s ongoing hometown and border patrol operations.
“Texas serves as a model for border security,” Gov. Abbott said. “As President Trump said in his speech last night, every country needed to secure a border was the new president. I would like to thank Vice President Vance, Executive Director Hegseth, and Superintendent Gabbard for their support and travelling to Texas to see firsthand our coordinated border security efforts. Texas will continue to work with the Trump administration to arrest, detain and deport illegal immigrants, and stop the flow of deadly drugs like fentanyl in our country.”
The governors were joined by Border Patrol Mike Banks, deputy chairman of the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Committee Pete Flores, lawmakers Tony Gonzalez, Attorney General Ken Paxton, Eagle Pasloland Salinas Jr., President of the Border Patrol Council of the Border Patrol, and other federal and regional leaders.
For more information about the Round Table, click here.
Governor Abbott meets Texas Border Sheriff in Austin
Earlier this week, Gov. Abbott took him to X, previously known as Twitter, highlighting a meeting with the Texas Border Sheriff’s Union in Austin. The governor and border sheriff discussed Texas’ continued efforts to partner with the Trump administration on their hometown and border security operations.
Texas will continue to work with federal and local partners to protect Texas communities and secure southern borders.
Governor Abbott: Texas National Guard Soldier Patrol Border in Hidalgo County
On Sunday, Gov. Abbott shared a photo of the Texas National Guard X commanding the patrol in a remote area of dense brush along the Rio Grande River.
Soldiers pursue and arrest them looking for signs of illegal immigration
Watch: DPS arrests two smugglers after pursuit in Cameron County
The Black Chrysler 300 smuggler led the DPS troopers who performed a fast track in Cameron County earlier this week. Benjamin Barbosa, a smuggler from Brownsville, passed through the wrong traffic oncoming traffic until the troopers operated the pit to stop the pursuit successfully.
Barbosa, from San Benito, and his passenger, Marcos Julian, led the DPS troopers in short leg pursuits before being arrested. Barbosa has been charged with avoiding arrest and aggravating the smuggling of a person with serious injury or potential death, and assault with a deadly weapon. Julian was charged with smuggling someone with serious physical injuries or potential death, avoiding arrest and resisting arrest.
The DPS troopers introduced five illegal immigrants from Mexico and Venezuela.
DPS arrests criminal illegal immigrants on the 10 most wanted lists in San Antonio
This week, the DPS Troopers arrested another fugitive from the list of Texas’ 10 most wanted criminal and crime immigrants in San Antonio.
Clarence Enni Mafor, 37, an illegal criminal immigrant from Cameroon, was taken into custody in San Antonio by a special DPS agent assigned to the Texas Anti-Gin Center. The MFOR has been sought by Bexar County since January for sexual assault.
Last year, Gov. Abbott launched the list of Texas’ 10 most wanted criminal crimes immigrants, finding and arresting repeated criminals who have illegally entered the country, seeking dangerous crimes committed in Texas.
Read the full press release here.
Viewing: DPS deploys cutting-edge technology to stop human smuggling and ensure boundaries
Sunday, DPS Sgt. Guadalupe Cazares has taken an internal look at News Nation’s Jorge Ventura as how the department uses drone technology to monitor smuggling activities along the southern border.
“This guide literally reaches our soil and he walks up and down to check and checks to see if there is law enforcement in the area for a few minutes,” Sgt. said. Casares. “Then he’ll go back once it’s clear and start bringing in his people he’s about to cross. So it’s the whole operation from the (cartel) on their side.”
DPS drones are equipped with thermal sensors to monitor boundaries for illegal activities. DPS also uses motion alerts to identify where Operation Lone Star and federal partners need to deploy to place gaming cameras in strategic areas and catch smugglers.
Texas National Guard continues advanced training with Border Patrol, DPS
Last month, Texas National Guard soldiers with Task Force East were trained alongside the DPS and Border Patrol for several weeks.
A comprehensive training program includes handcuffs and baton techniques, the use of force protocols, and three days of classroom instruction.
This training equips Texas National Guard soldiers with the skills and knowledge they need to assist federal law enforcement in the wake of their agents.
Gov. Abbott has signed a memorandum between Texas and the US Customs Border Protection, which grants the Texas National Guard the authority to make immigrant arrests.
60 Texas National Guard soldiers who represented El Paso
Last week, 60 Texas National Guard soldiers were represented by U.S. Border Patrol Chief Walter N. Slosar, the El Paso Sector. Soldiers operate under Title 8 authority. This will support law enforcement activities along the tropical border and expand the power to arrest illegal immigrants.
Hundreds of Texas National Guard soldiers have been represented for the past month to assist the border guards in securing the border.
Title 8 outlines immigration laws in the countries that govern the legal entry, presence and removal of illegal immigrants in the United States. Title 8 also provides a framework for border enforcement, deportation procedures and penalties for illegal entry.
