Texas Deploys 10,000 State Troopers and National Guard as Migrant Caravan Heads North
Texas' Republican Governor Greg Abbott sent 10,000 state troopers and National Guard units to the U.S.-Mexico border, his office told Border Report on Monday. This order comes as roughly 3,000 migrants make their way through Mexico with the intention of reaching the U.S.
The forces deployed by Abbott are part of "Operation Lone Star," an effort his office describes as a unit focused on combatting the "smuggling of people and drugs" into the state of Texas.
Abbott also instructed the state's Department of Public Safety (DPS) and Military Department to line the border with steel shipping containers and barbed wire as a part of its supplementary "Operation Steel Curtain."
"We continuously monitor the situation along the border in order to make real-time decisions and adjust our operations as necessary. DPS is working with federal, state and local partners on this mission, and we stand ready to protect the people and property of this state," Texas Department of Public Safety Lieutenant Christopher Olivarez told Border Report.
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