Texas Border Apprehensions Down 86 Percent Since Start of Operation Lone Star, Says Gov. Abbott

AUSTIN, Texas — Governor Greg Abbott told Breitbart Texas that the apprehension of migrants in the five Texas-based border sectors has dropped by 85 percent since he launched the Operation Lone Star border security mission in March 2021.

“Since we begin this process (Operation Lone Star), when you look at the miles of border wall put up by Texas, the hundreds of miles of razor wire border barrier, backed up by anti-climb barrier, backed up by National Guard, the buoys in the river, and the other strategies that we’ve deployed,” Governor Abbott explained in an exclusive interview at the Governor’s Mansion, “illegal immigration in the state of Texas is down about 85 percent across the entire board, from Brownsville to El Paso, counting only crossings in El Paso, not those who cross in New Mexico and come to El Paso.”