Texas Governor Greg Abbott and state law enforcement agencies are working to combat illegal immigration and related criminal activities through Operation Lone Star, a multi-agency initiative aligned with the Trump Administration's border security agenda. The operation has led to a reduction of illegal crossings into Texas by over 90%, with more than 531,400 illegal immigrant apprehensions and over 43,600 felony charges reported, according to the Office of the Texas Governor.
Texas law enforcement has seized over 625 million lethal doses of fentanyl, enough to threaten lives across North America. The state has bused more than 119,000 migrants to sanctuary cities, including 45,900 to New York City, 36,900 to Chicago, 12,500 to Washington, D.C., 19,200 to Denver, 3,400 to Philadelphia, and over 1,500 to Los Angeles. The Governor's office released footage of new buoys being installed in the Rio Grande River, a measure Governor Abbott described "as the blueprint for the Trump Administration's successful border actions." Additionally, more than 300 Texas National Guard soldiers were deputized by U.S. Border Patrol to make immigration arrests along the southern border, as stated by the Office of the Texas Governor.
During recent border security operations, authorities arrested Junior Adalid Montoya-Alvarez, a Honduran national with lawful permanent status, for smuggling people and due to an outstanding warrant for sexual assault in Harris County. Two other fugitives, Armando Alonso-Cortez from Mexico and Carlos Daniel Espinoza-Arguello from Venezuela, were arrested for offenses including sexual assault of a child. Espinoza-Arguello is also subject to a U.S. removal order. Surveillance technology, such as drones and Modular Mobile Surveillance Systems, helped capture three illegal immigrants, caused ten others to retreat across the Rio Grande, and assisted in locating migrants near Mount Christo Rey in El Paso, as reported by the Office of the Texas Governor.
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