{"id":2375571,"date":"2024-12-02T15:44:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T20:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-offers-operation-lone-star-deportation-plan-to-trump-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-02T15:46:56","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T20:46:56","slug":"texas-offers-operation-lone-star-deportation-plan-to-trump-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-offers-operation-lone-star-deportation-plan-to-trump-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas offers &#8216;Operation Lone Star&#8217; deportation plan to Trump &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Ftexas-offers-operation-lone-star-deportation-plan-to-trump-washington-examiner%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=2375571&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--><p>The article discusses President-elect Donald trump&#8217;s \u2062intended\u200d use of Texas&#8217;s &#8220;Operation Lone \u2062Star&#8221; as a framework for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rubio-supports-mass-deportation-of-illegal-aliens-following-invasion-of-the-country\/\" title=\"Rubio Backs Mass Deportation After Alleged Country Invasion\">mass deportation plan<\/a>. Trump has appointed Tom\u2064 Homan as the border \u200dczar, who \u200brecently \u2063met with Texas\u2063 Governor greg Abbott to \u200creview the state&#8217;s border operations. In\u2062 the last few weeks,\u2062 Texas has offered approximately 1,400 acres of \u2062land to the federal government for potential deportation\u200b facilities. While Operation Lone \u200cStar has been\u200c active for over three years with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-mike-pence-campus-leftists-are-threatened-by-conservatives-because-theyre-not-used-to-being-challenged\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014 Mike Pence: Campus Leftists Are Threatened by Conservatives Because They\u2019re \u2018Not Used to Being Challenged\u2019\">significant financial investment<\/a>, its\u2063 efficacy has been questioned due to ongoing civil rights\u2064 abuse allegations and limited impact on migration flow. Nonetheless, Homan views this operation\u200d as a potential \u2062model for\u2063 nationwide enforcement of Trump&#8217;s deportation \u2063policies. The land offered for deportation \u2062facilities\u2063 is situated in a floodplain, posing developmental challenges, but Texas officials are eager to\u200b collaborate with the Trump administration \u2063to identify suitable properties.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump can build on Texas&rsquo;s &lsquo;Operation Lone Star&rsquo; to execute deportation plan<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1901160\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> has made multiple promises to carry out mass deportations, and he could use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Texas&rsquo;s<\/a> &ldquo;Operation Line Star&rdquo; as a road map for putting his plans into action.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Incoming U.S. border czar Tom Homan (right) with Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX, seated left) talks to state troopers and National Guard members who are taking part in Operation Lone Star at a facility on the U.S.-Mexico border on Nov. 26, 2024, in Eagle Pass, Texas. (AP Photo\/Eric Gay)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s pick for border czar, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tom-homan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Tom Homan<\/a>, met with Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/greg-abbott\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Greg Abbott<\/a> (R-TX) in two border cities last week to discuss the state&rsquo;s border operations and visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/national-guard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">National Guard<\/a> troops. Also in the last few weeks, Texas has offered roughly 1,400 acres, and plans to offer more, to the federal government for the construction of deportation facilities.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Operation Lone Star&rdquo; has been operating for more than three years. More than $11 billion have been spent to create a jail system for migrants with low-level state misdemeanor charges as well as to deploy thousands of state troopers and National Guard troops to border towns to enforce the arrests.<\/p>\n<p>The system has not greatly affected the flow of migration and has <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">faced numerous civil rights abuse charges<\/a>, but nonetheless, Operation Lone Star could be supercharged if Trump follows through on his promise of using local police and military forces to enforce his deportation policies.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is a model we can take across the country,&rdquo; Homan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/policy\/trump-texas-border-immigration-operation-lone-star-e57144d4?mod=hp_lead_pos2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">told<\/a> troops last Tuesday, according to the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>Here&rsquo;s how Texas&rsquo;s Operation Lone Star could come to influence and affect Trump&rsquo;s deportation plan.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Detention facilities on state land<\/h2>\n<p>The land Texas offered to the federal government was purchased for $3.8 million and falls along the Rio Grande in Texas&rsquo;s rural Starr County. While the land has been proposed as a base for deportation facilities, it lies within the river&rsquo;s floodplain, promising development difficulties.<\/p>\n<p>Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham said on Tuesday that her office has listed out other property options to present to the Trump administration. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our message to the Trump administration is &lsquo;we&rsquo;re here, we&rsquo;re interested,&#8217;&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;Of course, we own property all over the state, so we&rsquo;re ready to sit down with them and talk about what could be strategic.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt sidestepped questions about collaboration with the Texas state government but told the newspaper: &ldquo;President Trump will marshal every lever of power to secure the border, protect their communities, and launch the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-confirms-hell-do-it-biggest-deportations-to-begin-at-start-of-term\/\" title=\"Trump Confirms He&#039;ll Do It - Biggest Deportations to Begin at Start of Term\">largest mass deportation operation<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-district-court-deals-biden-admins-immigration-agenda-another-blow\/\" title=\"U.S. District Court Deals Biden Admin&#039;s Immigration Agenda Another Blow\">illegal immigrant criminals<\/a> in history.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Legal agreements<\/h2>\n<p>Operation Lone Star hasn&rsquo;t had a clear path forward on the legal front. The steps that officials have taken to slow the flow of illegal immigration, including putting up barbed wire along border crossings, have drawn multiple civil rights lawsuits.<\/p>\n<p>The razor wire that has been placed around the Rio Grande has created conflict between the state and the federal government as Border Patrol cannot easily access the river to perform rescues or arrests.<\/p>\n<p>However, with Trump in the White House rather than President Joe Biden, there is a greater likelihood that tighter immigration restrictions won&rsquo;t be met with legal hurdles.<\/p>\n<p>At a January rally, Trump said, &ldquo;When I&rsquo;m president, instead of sending Texas a restraining order, I&rsquo;ll send them reinforcements.&rdquo; The statement led many to believe that the many lawsuits against Texas&rsquo;s immigration policies will disappear as soon as Trump is back in office. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Leaning on military forces<\/h2>\n<p>Trump has been vocal about his desire to call in both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3232980\/problems-opportunities-trump-mass-deportation-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">military forces<\/a> and local law enforcement to carry out his deportation plans. It&rsquo;s not unusual for the National Guard to be called to serve at the border, but Operation Lone Star has turned the National Guard&rsquo;s assignments into a more permanent role.<\/p>\n<p>Deportations using military assets were referenced by Tom Fitton, the president of Judicial Watch, on Truth Social, where he wrote the Trump administration would &ldquo;declare a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3234794\/national-emergency-for-mass-deportations-seems-uncalled-for-illegal-pritzker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">national emergency<\/a> and will use military assets to reverse the Biden invasion through a mass deportation program.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/113503150672865350\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">response<\/a> to Fitton&rsquo;s post, Trump commented, &ldquo;True!!!&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Federal money for cooperation<\/h2>\n<p>In the same way Texas&rsquo;s state government has handed out grants to communities that find themselves under border-related states of emergency, the Trump administration could put a similar program in place at the federal level. <\/p>\n<p>Trump could also rely on declaring illegal immigration a national emergency as a means to ease his path to carrying out mass deportations. That decision would follow what Texas did in 2021, when the state declared a national emergency and started sending state funds to communities that cooperated with its efforts. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1901160\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1901160\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump can leverage Texas&#8217;s &#8216;Operation Lone Star&#8217; for deportations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3427,"featured_media":2375572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AP24331742790156.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[45664,44294,3694,3634],"class_list":["post-2375571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-deportation-plan","tag-operation-lone-star","tag-texas","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AP24331742790156.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375571","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\/3427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2375571"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2375575,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375571\/revisions\/2375575"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2375572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2375571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2375571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2375571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}