Operation Lone Star

Greg Abbott, sitting in his wheelchair at a podium labeled "Securing the Border," watches as a crane puts up a segment of the border wall, part of the seemingly endless spending on border security.

‘Border Security’ Is a Financial Black Hole that Will Consume Us All

Spending on cops and tech at the border has increased ninefold in a decade.

The Border Patrol’s Power Grab

Records Shed Light on Abbott’s Secretive Border Wall Boondoggle

by Justin Miller

Disaster Dollars: Abbott’s Big New Donor Got Half-Billion in COVID, Border Contracts

by Justin Miller

Greg Abbott’s Wasteful Border War Is Draining the State’s Coffers

The cost, scope, cruelty, and failure of the governor’s immigration dragnet far exceed that of any of his predecessors.

by Justin Miller