Texas National Guard troops are continuing to build concertina wire barriers and expand Texas’ border wall through Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security mission, Operation Lone Star.
Since launching OLS three years ago, Texas achieved a milestone this month of installing more than 100 miles of concertina wire along the Texas-Mexico border.
Gov. Abbott has argued the concertina wire is an effective barrier that denies illegal entry. Texas is currently embroiled in lawsuits with the Biden administration over the concertina wire barriers and marine barriers in the Rio Grande River, arguing it has the constitutional right to defend its border. Congress has passed laws to secure the border the president is flouting, Gov. Abbott maintains, which is why Texas is “stepping up to secure the border and protect Americans.”
In the border county of Zapata, the Texas National Guard is continuing to build the Texas border wall. “Texas won’t back down. We are using every tool available to secure the border in Biden’s absence,” Gov. Abbott said when posting a video of the wall’s construction.
