Texas Took On Border Security. Is It Working?
Jul 24, 2023•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode description
For two years, Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has inundated the U.S.-Mexico border with thousands of state troopers and National Guardsmen and started work on a state-controlled border wall. He also built a new skeleton justice system with its own courts, judges and jails to lodge misdemeanor state trespassing charges against migrants. WSJ’s Elizabeth Findell discusses Operatio n Lone Star and whether or not it’s been successful.
Further Reading:
- Texas Spent Billions on Border Security. It’s Not Working.
- Texas Trooper’s Email Describes Migrant Injuries at Southern Border
Further Listening:
- What the End of Title 42 Means for U.S. Immigration Policy
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