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Images of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, former Gov. Rick Perry, people being arrested for crossing the border illegally, and sky and brush are overlaid on a timeline shown by a grid that starts from 2005 and goes just past 2020.
Analysis April 18, 2022
Texans Spend Billions on Border Operations. What Do They Get in Return?
Rick Perry and Greg Abbott have launched widely publicized and costly border initiatives for nearly two decades — often during reelection season or while eyeing higher office.
BY Lomi Kriel AND Perla Trevizo, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune AND
News April 4, 2022
Texas Border Operation’s Largest Share of Arrests: Trespassing On Private Property
About 40% of people arrested by Operation Lone Star over seven months face only this charge. They often spend months in prison, but the tactic does not appear to have slowed migration.
BY Jolie Mccullough, The Texas Tribune
Feature March 21, 2022
Texas Says Its Multi-Billion Dollar Border Operation Is Working. The Evidence Tells a Different Story.
Arrests of U.S. citizens hundreds of miles from the border. Drug busts from across the state. Changing statistics. The data Texas Gov. Greg Abbott uses to boast about Operation Lone Star raises more questions than answers.
BY Lomi Kriel AND Perla Trevizo, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune, AND
Melany Barba walks over the Cordova International Bridge, which is otherwise known as the Bridge of the Americas on January 8, 2019.
Feature January 30, 2020
The Cheer Team Caught Between Two Worlds
For these Texas high schoolers who live in Mexico, the border wall debate is more about daily logistics than politics.
Photos by Sara Naomi Lewkowicz
Words by Nina Strochlic
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