Texas Responds to the Border Crisis

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The situation at the southern border of the United States has recently escalated. In March 2024, National Guard troops stationed in El Paso, Texas faced a challenging scenario when hundreds of migrants breached a checkpoint, despite efforts to secure the area with razor wire. The incident resulted in the arrest of nine individuals for assaulting the soldiers.

Written by: Chris Cappy & Justin Taylor & Patrick Griffin

Video Edited by: Michael Michaelidies

Now imagine adding onto that, the fact that these national guardsmen in Texas are at the center of a major Legal battle and we can see how this situation gets even more challenging. Because officials between the State of Texas and the Federal Government have come to head over disagreements on who has ultimate authority. A recent ruling by the Supreme Court regarding how Texas can conduct border policing has divided the American population. At the center of this disagreement has been Texas’s Operation Lone Star. What is Operation Lone Star? It’s a mobilization of thousands of national guard troops to the border. It’s a joint effort between the Texas Department of Public Safety which controls a large portion of the state law enforcement, and the Texas Military Department, which handles the Army and Air National Guard. Essentially the military’s reserve force. Part of the reason we’re seeing this happening in Texas is because they are naturally taking on the majority of these attempted crossings, with its part of the border stretching 1200 miles, the longest of any state

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