Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced Friday his administration is building a Forward Operating Base in the Del Rio sector to house Texas National Guard soldiers who have been deployed to stem the illegal alien crisis that has been unleashed by The Regime.
This from dailywire.com.
Abbott said at a press conference:
[T]he new Texas Military Department base camp will assist in the state’s efforts to secure the border.
The governor’s office said:
[T]he Texas Military Department acquired 80 acres of land in Eagle Pass to build the base that will regularly house up to 1,800 soldiers and will have the capacity to house up to 2,300 soldiers if needed. Soldiers will have their own rooms in addition to amenities that include a dining facility, a recreation center, laundry facilities, WiFi access, chaplaincy programs, and various health services.
Adjutant General of Texas Major General Thomas Suelzer said:
In the coming weeks, we will also be expanding operations north and south of Eagle Pass, putting up additional barriers to fortify our border.
We are also adding three more fan boats and expanding our drone program radar truck capabilities.
Abbott said:
[The base was] going to dramatically improve conditions for our soldiers [because they were currently] scattered across this entire region in cramped quarters, away from fellow soldiers, and sometimes traveling long distances to do their job.
Texas, since launching Operation Lone Star, has spent billions of dollars working to secure its border with Mexico.
The governor’s office said:
The multi-agency effort has led to over 500,000 illegal immigrant apprehensions and more than 39,500 criminal arrests, with more than 35,600 felony charges.
In the fight against the fentanyl crisis, Texas law enforcement has seized over 467 million lethal doses of fentanyl during this border mission.
