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5-year anniversary of Operation Lone Star, nearly 540,000 apprehended
Since March 2021, Operation Lone Star has detained over 538,000 individuals and made more than 63,000 criminal arrests to combat border-related crime and smuggling.
- Texas border security mission Operation Lone Star reached its five-year anniversary in March, having apprehended 538,141 illegal foreign nationals since March 2021 according to OLS data obtained by The Center Square.
- Gov. Greg Abbott launched the mission on March 4, 2021, responding to unprecedented illegal border crossers and crime within the first months of the Biden administration.
- OLS officers have made 63,659 criminal arrests and 12,392 criminal trespass arrests, with authorities pursuing 5,135 bailouts when illegal border crossers engage in high-speed chases and evade capture.
- Sheriff Eric Fagan honored Fort Bend County Sheriff Deputy Kenneth Lewis, who was killed earlier this month by a man in the country illegally while assisting stranded motorists on the Katy Freeway.
- Operation Lone Star 2.0 now targets foreign terrorist organizations like Tren de Aragua, as Texas's newly developed Homeland Security Division focuses on counterterrorism with intelligence services.
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The Sanford Herald
EXCLUSIVE: 5 years in, Operation Lone Star seizes 870 million lethal doses of fentanyl
(The Center Square) – Five years into Texas’ border security mission, Operation Lone Star officers have seized a record amount of illicit drugs.
The Indiana Gazette Online
EXCLUSIVE: 5-year anniversary of Operation Lone Star, nearly 540,000 apprehended
(The Center Square) – Texas’ border security mission, Operation Lone Star, reached a milestone in March, its five-year anniversary.
EXCLUSIVE: 5-year anniversary of Operation Lone Star, nearly 540,000 apprehended - Regional Media News
(The Center Square) - Texas' border security mission, Operation Lone Star, reached a milestone in March, its five-year anniversary. Gov. Greg Abbott first launched OLS on March 4, 2021, in response to an unprecedented number of illegal border crossers and crime within the first couple of months of the Biden administration. From March 2021 through February 2026, OLS officers apprehended 538,141 illegal foreign nationals, including those referred …
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