{"id":25224,"date":"2021-11-19T11:53:07","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T16:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=25224"},"modified":"2021-11-19T11:53:08","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T16:53:08","slug":"dem-critics-operation-lone-star-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2021\/11\/19\/dem-critics-operation-lone-star-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Lawmakers Attack Texas For Enforcing Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A group of congressional Democrats is complaining about Texas\u2019 Operation Lone Star<\/a> (OLS) border enforcement initiative, claiming that the state has established \u201ca separate immigration policy.\u201d The lawmakers\u2019 beef ought to be with the Biden administration\u2019s nonfeasance, and the anemic participation of local prosecutors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Calling for a federal investigation, the 26 congressional members<\/a> allege that OLS arrests of illegal aliens on state and local charges are \u201cmilitariz[ing]Texas border communities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the facts don\u2019t jibe with the rhetoric. Under OLS, just over 1,000 migrants have been jailed at two state facilities for offenses ranging from criminal trespassing to resisting arrest. This is a drop in the bucket, given that hundreds of thousands<\/a> of illegal aliens have moved into this country on President Joe Biden\u2019s watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Texas, which has borne the\nbrunt of the migrant surge into America, has mobilized state troopers and sheriff\u2019s\ndepartments to stand in the gap. And, so far, four border counties have stepped\nup to prosecute lawbreaking migrants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet many more jurisdictions have been sitting on their hands. Hidalgo County, the most populous on the Rio Grande, hasn\u2019t sent a single criminal alien to the state detention center located there. Neither has upriver Maverick County<\/a>, where thousands of migrants have entered in recent weeks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All large South Texas\ncounties are led by Democrats, most of whom want nothing to do with Operation\nLone Star. Though the program provides state funding for police overtime and\nprosecutorial support, these local officials aren\u2019t interested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s all politics,\u201d Texas\nDepartment of Public Safety (DPS) Lt. Christopher Olivarez told FAIR in an\ninterview this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Government officials, up to\nand including President Biden, take an oath to uphold the law. But with their\ntortured logic, the letter-writing representatives in Washington make a mockery\nof that pledge and expose their duplicity. Are they worried that some\njurisdictions might restrict Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)\noperations, or refuse to cooperate altogether? Are they concerned that states\nmay decide to give illegal aliens driver\u2019s licenses or in-state tuition, or\neven let them vote in school board elections? Wink, wink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Such rogue policies have been\nimplemented from coast to coast, of course, and the Democratic lawmakers never\nutter an objection to any of it. No, they only get agitated when a state\nactually tries to enforce the rule of law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A group of congressional Democrats is complaining about Texas\u2019 Operation Lone Star (OLS) border enforcement initiative, claiming that the state has established \u201ca separate immigration policy.\u201d The lawmakers\u2019 beef ought to be with the Biden administration\u2019s nonfeasance, and the anemic participation of local prosecutors. Calling for a federal investigation, the 26 congressional members allege that<\/p>\n

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