Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has extended a disaster declaration at the state’s southern border, citing a surge of individuals unlawfully crossing the border that pose a continued threat to local communities.
“The certified conditions continue to exist and pose an ongoing and imminent threat of disaster,” the governor wrote in the June 28 proclamation.
Mr. Abbott first declared the border security disaster on May 31, 2021, nearly three months after launching Operation Lone Star, which allowed for more resources and strategies to be deployed to combat the influx of illegal immigrants into Texas.
At the time, he said that landowners along the border were seeing their property damaged and vandalized daily because of the federal government’s “open border policies.”…
Texas Renews Border Security Disaster Declaration
