Texas Border Security: Operation Lone Star Impacts

Texas Department of Public Safety State Trooper keeps watch on the Texas Border with Mexico along the Rio Grande.Photo byTexas Department of Public Safety

As illegal migration patterns change along the Texas Border with Mexico, Law Enforcement Officers are also changing their tactics.

First, the overall migration numbers are changing: U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) reports that migrant apprehensions along the southern border with Mexico have dropped to 137,000 in March (down from 141,000 in February) with some of the most dramatic decreases recorded in Texas - as Mexico cracks down on illegal immigration to the U.S. through their country.

That has resulted in a dramatically reduced number of migrants crossing to surrender to federal authorities in Eagle Pass - but has also seen Texas move law enforcement resources from rural border areas like Terrell County - which has left the tiny Sheriff's Department there to deal with a large problem on their own.

"We just don’t have the resources here to assist Border Patrol." - Terrell County Sheriff Thaddeus Cleveland

Meanwhile, outside of Terrell County, The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) continues to chase and arrest human smugglers:

DPS Officers also shut down a large human-smuggling operation in LaSalle County:

And U.S. States outside of Texas continue to send troops and state troopers supporting the "Operation Lone Star" border security mission.

Photo byOffice of Missouri Governor Mike Parson

Missouri Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe traveled to the Texas Rio Grande Valley this weekend to assess the Missouri Department of Public Safety's (DPS) and Missouri National Guard's deployment to the Texas Border

From March 3 through April 9, MSHP troopers assisted Texas DPS troopers in the area of the U.S. border with the following incidents/encounters:

• Traffic Stops – 1180
• Undocumented Migrants – 447
• Undocumented Migrant Turn-Backs – 45
• Impaired Driver and Drug Arrests – 54
• Other Law Enforcement Assists – 80

Finally, we share a shout-out from the Texas Military Department to Indiana National Guard Troops supporting "Operation Lone Star":

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