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Trump to tap Texas “border czar” to lead U.S. Border Patrol, report says
Mike Banks, a former Border Patrol agent, has served in his current role as a special advisor to Gov. Greg Abbott since ...
Gov. Greg Abbott asks federal government for $11B to cover Operation Lone Star. Here's why.
The Republican governor blamed the just-ended presidency of Democrat Joe Biden for the state having to step up to secure its border with Mexico.
Texas officers apprehend more than 530,000 illegal border crossers
Since Gov. Greg Abbott launched his border security mission, Operation Lone Star, in 2021, OLS officers have apprehended more ...
Bill would create new Homeland Security division in Texas Department of Public Safety
A new bill filed in the Texas Senate would create a new Homeland Security division within the Texas Department of Public ...
Border faith community leaders split on potential changes to immigration policy
"That's just the number we're able to collect." He volunteers with Mission Border Hope, a nonprofit affiliated with the Eagle ...
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The border propagandist
Melissa del Bosque is a longtime border journalist, investigations editor at Lighthouse Reports, and cofounder of The Border ...
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Former BP agent and Texas border czar Mike Banks appointed as Trump’s Border Patrol chief
Texas border czar Mike Banks has been tapped to be the next US Border Patrol chief, sources told The Post Thursday. Banks, a longtime former border agent himself, will serve as the federal ...
'Our agents are relentless': Feds shut down cross-border tunnel used by Mexican cartels for smuggling into US
U.S. and Mexican forces worked together to shut down a cross-border tunnel used by smugglers to bring illicit cargo into the ...
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Texas DPS busts gang-linked operation in El Paso, seizes guns and drugs in sting
EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — Agents with the Texas Department of Public Safety made gang-related arrests for weapons and drugs in El Paso last Friday. DPS made an operation targeting members ...
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Trump to tap Texas “border czar” to lead U.S. Border Patrol: report
(TEXAS TRIBUNE) - President-elect Donald Trump will pick Mike Banks, a special advisor to Gov. Greg Abbott for border matters, to lead the U.S. Border Patrol, according to the New York Post.
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Texas spent over $11 billion in taxpayer money for border patrol, now Gov. Abbott asks Congress for reimbursement
Gov. Greg Abbott Thursday sent letters to U.S. Congressional Leadership and the entire Texas Congressional Delegation requesting the federal government to reimburse Texas for the more than $11.1 ...