Gov. Greg Abbott brags about his border initiative. The evidence doesn’t back him up.
The data that Texas leaders use to boast about Operation Lone Star raise more questions than answers.
By Lomi Kriel and Perla Trevino, The Texas Tribune and Propublica, and Andrew Rodriguez Calderón and Keri Blakinger, The Marshall Project
Mar 21, 2022
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