Governor Greg Abbott announced Friday that a permanent military installation will be built along the Texas-Mexican border. The governor described it as a Forward Operating Base.
Abbott held a press conference at Shelby Park in Eagle Pass. The park is being used as a staging area for the National Guard troops and the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) who took control of the area when Abbott seized the city land.
Building the military operation is part of Operation Lone Star, the border security initiative the governor put into place in March 2021. Operation Lone Star will continue as long as the Biden administration refuses to do its job to secure the border.
This will be a permanent facility which means the Texas National Guard troops that are deployed there will not be leaving the area any time soon. The base will initially have the capacity to hold 1,800 Guard troops and…
