New Texas Border Czar Joins Operation Lone Star Mission

Mike Banks has been hired as Special Advisor on Border Matters to the Governor and will serve as the State of Texas' first-ever Border Czar.

Governor Abbott Announces New Texas Border Czar

He will collaborate daily with TMD, DPS, and other state agencies, local officials, and Texas landowners to carry out Operation Lone Star's ...

Gov. Greg Abbott hires “border czar” to accelerate wall construction

The governor said Mike Banks, a recently retired Border Patrol agent, will work with the Texas National Guard and state troopers to find ways to ...

Operation Lone Star - Wikipedia

Operation Lone Star (OLS) is a joint operation between the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas Military Department along the United ...

New Texas Border Czar Joins Operation Lone Star Mission

Governor Greg Abbott, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), and the Texas National Guard are continuing to work together to secure ...

Operation Lone Star Bolsters Historic Border Security Mission In 2023

In January, Governor Abbott announced the new position of Texas Border Czarto oversee border security in President Biden's absence at a press ...

Governor Parson to Visit Southern Border Alongside Texas ...

On Sunday, February 4, 2024, Governor Mike Parson will join Texas Governor Greg Abbott and 13 other Republican Governors in a briefing on the Operation Lone ...

WATCH: Governors' press conference at Texas-Mexico border Sunday

The Governors will be joined by Texas Department of Public Safety Deputy Director Freeman Martin, Adjutant General of Texas Major General Thomas ...

Operation Lone Star - The Texas Tribune

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott launched Operation Lone Star to ramp up security along the Texas-Mexico border in March 2021, citing insufficient policies from the ...

New Texas Border Czar now working with Operation Lone Star ...

SAN ANTONIO (KTSA News) — Texas Governor Greg Abbott is taking another step toward his stated mission to the secure the border, ...

Operation Lone Star Surges Border Resources As Title 42 Ends

Governor Abbott on Monday announced the deployment of the new Texas Tactical Border Force to the Texas-Mexico border to respond to the growing ...

Texas border czar: Operation Lone Star task force expands to build ...

Operation Lone Star in the Greater Houston area will be led by San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers and includes counties hoping to block ...

Republican Governors join Texas Gov Abbott for a briefing at ... - KBTX

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Texas Celebrates One Year Of Texas Border Czar's Leadership

Governor Abbott joined Sean Hannity on Monday to discuss the Biden Administration's latest attacks on Texas' historic Operation Lone Star border ...

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Texas National Guard soldiers prepare for potential mass migration along the southern border. Operation Lone Star personnel remain vigilant to deter and repel ...

17 Guardsmen have died on Gov. Greg Abbott's controversial border ...

Greg Abbott launched Operation Lone Star (OLS) on March 6, 2021. It has been at the heart of his focus on the border, and it has received ...

Michael Banks | Border Technology Summit - IDGA

Mike Banks is the Special Advisor to the Governor on Border Matters, serving as the State of Texas first-ever Border Czar.

America's Governors Band Together To Support Operation Lone Star

AUSTIN, Texas – Governor Greg Abbott, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), and the Texas National Guard continue to work together to ...

Texas' Forward Operating Base Construction Continues

This month, Texas Border Czar Mike Banks sat down with USA TODAY to discuss the critical work of Operation Lone Star as Texas continues to step up to secure the ...

Operation Lone Star - Click2Houston

Governor Greg Abbott held a press conference Friday at the Anzalduas International Bridge in Mission on the ongoing border security preparations at the Texas- ...