SEE Texas Governor Abbott's Video Exposing Biden's National Security Nightmare At The Southern Border

Abbott launched Operation Lone Star in March 2021, which involves Texas Department of Public Safety troopers, Texas National Guard, and local law enforcement officers interdicting smuggling and trafficking of people, drugs, and weapons, and transnational criminal activity between ports of entry stemming from illegal access from Mexico.

Since its inception, OLS officers have apprehended over 373,000 illegal foreign nationals and made over 28,000 criminal arrests, with over 25,000 felony charges reported. They have also seized over 402 million lethal doses of Fentanyl, enough to kill more than everyone in the United States.

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Abbott argues that the Biden administration's "complete refusal to enforce federal immigration laws" has created a national security crisis. He claims that the administration's open border policies have enticed record-breaking levels of illegal immigration and that securing the border with more soldiers is the only solution. He believes that the 1,500 soldiers sent by President Biden to the wall to do paperwork are not enough and that 15,000 or 150,000 soldiers are needed to secure the border.

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Abbott previously sent several hundred Texas National Guard tactical troops to El Paso and the Rio Grande Valley, who successfully blocked entry to areas along the Rio Grande River by using concertina wire and other tactical maneuvers. Working with DPS, they have prevented illegal entry between ports of entry. Abbott believes the strategy works and plans to repeat it as often as possible up and down the border.

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Texas DPS officers continue to apprehend human smugglers, including a Ukrainian woman attempting to smuggle Hondurans into the country. After making a traffic stop, the troopers discovered five Hondurans in her car. The Ukrainian and a man from Houston sitting in the passenger seat said they were being paid $1,500 per person to smuggle them to San Antonio from the border. Instead, they were arrested and face criminal charges for human smuggling.

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In another recent traffic stop in Uvalde, troopers seized 38 pounds of methamphetamine. After pulling over the driver of a Jeep Cherokee on Highway 90, numerous illegal foreign nationals inside the vehicle bailed out and ran towards the brush. Two were seen carrying black backpacks that were later recovered from the ground during a search with Border Patrol agents. They discovered 38 pounds of methamphetamine inside the backpacks.

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It's uncertain how many people got away and how much drugs those who got away were also carrying. The Houston driver was arrested and faces criminal charges for human smuggling and engaging in organized crime.

In neighboring Kinney County, DPS troopers engaged in a high-speed chase on Highway 90, pursuing a driver who stole a white pickup truck. He drove through a fence onto private land and continued driving over shrubs until the truck got stuck. Nine illegal foreign nationals, who appeared to be all military-age single men, bailed out and ran away. DPS' Air Operations Division kept a visual on them as they ran.

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The driver, from Round Rock, took off his shirt as he ran away but was eventually apprehended and held at gunpoint until he laid down and was handcuffed. He was later charged with human smuggling. Ultimately, nine illegal foreign nationals were caught and apprehended by Border Patrol.

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Despite the Biden administration claiming the border is closed, and it's prepared to process as many people into the U.S. as possible, Abbott argues that the administration is solely to blame for creating a national security crisis.

Since last year, Texas has bused more than 17,000 illegal foreign nationals to four sanctuary cities, including over 9,200 to Washington, D.C., over 1,600 to Chicago, over 5,700 to New York City, and more than 925 to Philadelphia as of May 12. Abbott tweeted, "[President] Joe Biden's open border policies have enticed record-breaking levels of illegal immigration. Texans – and Americans – have had enough of his lies about the border crisis. Stop the chaos. Biden MUST do his constitutional duty and secure the border."