{"id":2052868,"date":"2023-10-02T17:59:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T21:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cruz-challenger-colin-allred-votes-to-defund-texas-border-program-as-illegal-crossings-surge\/"},"modified":"2023-10-02T18:00:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T22:00:17","slug":"cruz-challenger-colin-allred-votes-to-defund-texas-border-program-as-illegal-crossings-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cruz-challenger-colin-allred-votes-to-defund-texas-border-program-as-illegal-crossings-surge\/","title":{"rendered":"Colin Allred, Cruz&#8217;s opponent, supports defunding Texas border program amidst rising illegal crossings."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcruz-challenger-colin-allred-votes-to-defund-texas-border-program-as-illegal-crossings-surge%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2052868&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Rep. Colin Allred Votes Against Federal Funds for Texas&#8217;s Operation Lone \u200cStar<\/h2>\n<p>Rep. Colin Allred \u2063(D-TX), who is challenging Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) for his seat in \u20642024, recently voted in favor of an amendment\u2063 to an appropriations bill for the \u200dDepartment of Homeland Security. This amendment aimed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-call-for-universities-that-provide-chemical-abortions-to-lose-funding\/\" title=\"Republicans Call For Universities That Provide Chemical Abortions To Lose Funding\">prohibit federal funds<\/a> from\u200c being used for Texas&#8217;s border and\u2062 immigration enforcement program, known as Operation Lone Star.<\/p>\n<p>Operation Lone\u2062 Star, initiated \u200bby Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) in March 2021, has resulted in over 470,100 apprehensions of illegal immigrants, according to the state. However,\u200d the amendment to\u2062 block funds for the program was not \u2063successful, with only Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) joining the Democrats in voting for it.<\/p>\n<p>Philip Letsou,\u200d a spokesman for the \u2064National Republican Senatorial Committee, \u2064criticized Allred&#8217;s vote, claiming that it denies Texas the necessary funding to secure the border. Letsou\u200c suggested that Allred should\u2062 drop out of the Senate race and\u2062 focus on his safe Democratic seat in the House.<\/p>\n<p>Allred&#8217;s campaign responded \u2064by referring\u2063 to the congressman&#8217;s \u200cprevious comments at\u200d the 2023 Texas Tribune Festival. Allred accused Cruz of failing to work on a bipartisan solution and \u200demphasized the importance of securing the border without resorting to barbaric \u200cmethods.<\/p>\n<p>Allred is among several Democrats vying to unseat \u200cCruz in 2024, including Democratic state Sen. Roland Gutierrez. While Cruz&#8217;s Senate\u200b seat is considered &#8220;likely Republican&#8221; by the Cook Political Report, it is still seen as vulnerable, along with Sen. \u2064Rick Scott&#8217;s (R-FL) seat in Florida.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What is Operation Lone Star and why has it garnered support from conservatives?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u2064 Rep. Colin Allred, a Democrat from Texas, recently\u2062 made a controversial vote against federal\u2062 funds for Texas&#8217;s Operation Lone \u200bStar, an immigration and border enforcement program. This vote\u200c has drawn both support and criticism from various political factions.<\/p>\n<p>Operation Lone Star, initiated by \u200cTexas Governor Greg Abbott in March 2021, has been lauded by conservatives for \u2063its success in apprehending over 470,100 illegal\u200b immigrants, according to the state. However, Allred and a majority of his Democratic colleagues voted in favor of an amendment to an appropriations bill for\u200c the Department of\u200d Homeland Security, seeking to block federal funds for this\u200d program. \u200bThe amendment, however, did not pass, with only one Republican, Rep. Thomas Massie from Kentucky, joining the \u200cDemocrats in supporting it.<\/p>\n<p>Philip\u2063 Letsou,\u2063 a spokesman for the National \u2064Republican Senatorial Committee, strongly criticized Allred&#8217;s\u2064 vote, \u200darguing that it denies Texas the necessary funding to\u200b secure the border. Letsou went as far as suggesting that Allred should abandon his Senate race against Republican\u2062 incumbent \u200cSen. Ted Cruz\u200c and instead focus on his\u2064 safe Democratic seat in the House.<\/p>\n<p>In response\u200b to these criticisms, Allred&#8217;s campaign referred to his previous comments made at the 2023 Texas Tribune Festival. At the event, Allred accused Cruz of failing \u2062to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-under-pressure-from-all-sides-as-spending-fight-crawls-ahead\/\" title=\"McCarthy faces mounting pressure amidst sluggish spending battle.\">seek bipartisan solutions<\/a> to the border issue and emphasized the \u2062importance of securing the border without resorting to what\u200c he called &#8220;barbaric&#8221; methods. This rhetoric aligns \u200bwith the Democratic party&#8217;s stance on immigration and border policies.<\/p>\n<p>Allred is just one of many Democrats vying to unseat Sen. Ted Cruz in the 2024 elections, including Democratic state Sen. Roland Gutierrez. Despite the challenges ahead, incumbent Cruz is considered likely to retain his Senate seat, according to the Cook Political Report. However, with the political landscape constantly evolving, no seat should \u200cbe taken for granted. This sentiment extends to other vulnerable\u2063 Republican seats, such as Sen. Rick Scott&#8217;s seat in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>As the\u2064 debate over immigration and border policies intensifies, Rep. Colin Allred&#8217;s vote against federal funds for Operation Lone Star showcases the\u2062 deep divisions within the political landscape. While some applaud him for standing up against what they\u2063 view as an excessive use of \u2062federal\u200b resources, others argue that this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cruz-challenger-colin-allred-votes-to-defund-texas-border-program-as-illegal-crossings-surge\/\" title=\"Colin Allred, Cruz's opponent, supports defunding Texas border program amidst rising illegal crossings.\">decision puts national security<\/a> at risk. Only time will tell how this controversial vote will \u200dimpact Allred&#8217;s chances in\u200c what promises to be a fiercely contested Senate \u2062race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX), a contender for Sen. Ted Cruz&#8217;s (R-TX) seat in 2024, supported an amendment last week to block federal funds for Texas&#8217;s Operation Lone Star amidst the ongoing surge at the southern border.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2052869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2052868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2052868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2052868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2052868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2052869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2052868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2052868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2052868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}