Trump can build on Texas's 'Operation Lone Star' to execute deportation plan

President-elect Donald Trump has made multiple promises to carry out mass deportations, and he could use Texas’s “Operation Line Star” as a road map for putting his plans into action.

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)

Trump’s pick for border czar, Tom Homan, met with Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) in two border cities last week to discuss the state’s border operations and visit National Guard 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.