{"id":1523,"date":"2026-06-28T04:15:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T04:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hvhappens.com\/?p=1523"},"modified":"2026-06-28T04:15:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T04:15:53","slug":"governor-abbotts-request-to-dhs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hvhappens.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/28\/governor-abbotts-request-to-dhs\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Abbott\u2019s Request to DHS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>AUSTIN, TEXAS \u2014 Abbott said Texas has provided DHS with the full documentation required to seek repayment for costs incurred since Operation Lone Star began. According to the governor, Texas has spent more than $10 billion on National Guard deployments, Department of Public Safety operations, border barrier construction, surveillance technology, and drug and human\u2011smuggling interdiction efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn March 2021, I launched Operation Lone Star to fill in the dangerous gaps created by the Biden Administration\u2019s refusal to secure the border,\u201d Abbott said in the press release. \u201cFor four years under Biden, Texas spent more than $10 billion of taxpayer money to secure the border. I have formally submitted Texas\u2019 application to the Department of Homeland Security for reimbursement of costs Texas had to incur because President Biden refused to do his job.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congress allocated funding for states to recoup border\u2011security expenses through the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB), a federal package administered jointly by DHS and the Department of Justice. Earlier this month, the agencies opened the application window for states seeking repayment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Texas\u2014by far the largest spender on state\u2011level border operations\u2014aims to recover a substantial portion of its costs. Abbott said the state will also submit a separate reimbursement request to the DOJ in the near future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2021, Operation Lone Star has involved:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>National Guard deployments \u2014 thousands of soldiers stationed along the border<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DPS enforcement operations \u2014 troopers conducting patrols, arrests, and interdictions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Border barrier construction \u2014 state\u2011funded fencing and wall segments<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Technology expansion \u2014 surveillance systems, drones, and sensors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Drug and smuggling interdiction \u2014 seizures of fentanyl and arrests of suspected smugglers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Abbott argues these efforts were necessary due to what he calls \u201creckless open\u2011border policies\u201d from the Biden administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The governor said he will work with the Texas congressional delegation, President Trump, and federal agencies to expedite repayment and return funds \u201cback to hardworking Texans.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, TEXAS \u2014 Abbott said Texas has provided DHS with the full documentation required to seek repayment for costs incurred since Operation Lone Star began. According to the governor, Texas has spent more than $10 billion on National Guard deployments, Department of Public Safety operations, border barrier construction, surveillance technology, and drug and human\u2011smuggling interdiction [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hvhappens.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hvhappens.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hvhappens.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hvhappens.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hvhappens.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1523"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hvhappens.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1525,"href":"https:\/\/hvhappens.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1523\/revisions\/1525"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hvhappens.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hvhappens.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hvhappens.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hvhappens.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}