Operation Lone Star

Operation Lone Star is a joint operation between the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas Military Department along the US-Mexico border in southern Texas, launched in 2021 to counter a rise in illegal immigration, the illegal drug trade, and human smuggling. The operation has resulted in 513,700 migrant apprehensions, 44,000 criminal arrests, and 489 million doses of fentanyl seized, with an estimated annual cost of $2 billion. The operation has drawn support from Republican governors but criticism from the federal government, Democratic governors and mayors, and migrant advocates for its treatment of migrants, including withholding of water and pushing migrants back into the Rio Grande.learn more on wikipedia