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Billions on the Border

A Closer Look at Taxpayer-Funded Border Initiatives in Texas

Together with The Texas Tribune and The Marshall Project, ProPublica investigates border initiatives under Gov. Greg Abbott. State funding for border security has swelled from $110 million in 2008-09 to nearly $3 billion for the 2022-23 budget cycle.

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Billions on the Border

DOJ Investigating Texas’ Operation Lone Star for Alleged Civil Rights Violations

Emails obtained by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune confirm that federal authorities are probing discrimination claims involving Gov. Greg Abbott’s multibillion-dollar border initiative.

by Perla Trevizo,

Reality Check: Seven Times Texas Leaders Misled the Public About Operation Lone Star

by Perla Trevizo and Lomi Kriel, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune, Kengo Tsutsumi, ProPublica, and Andrew Rodriguez Calderón, The Marshall Project,

Examining Nearly Two Decades of Taxpayer-Funded Border Operations

by Lomi Kriel and Perla Trevizo, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune, and Andrew Rodriguez Calderón, The Marshall Project,

Texas’ Border Operation Is Meant to Deter Cartels and Smugglers. More Often, It Imprisons Lone Men for Trespassing.

by Jolie McCullough, The Texas Tribune,

Texas’ Governor Brags About His Border Initiative. The Data Doesn’t Back Him Up.

by Lomi Kriel and Perla Trevizo, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune, and Andrew Rodriguez Calderón and Keri Blakinger, The Marshall Project,