President Trump, Gov. Abbott Serve Thanksgiving Meals to Texas Border Troops, State Police

EDINBURG, Texas — Former President Donald Trump and Texas Governor Greg Abbott served an early Thanksgiving meal to a host of law enforcement officers and Texas National Guard soldiers serving the border region as part of Abbott’s Operation Lone Star. The former president and Abbott are slated to deliver remarks to a crowd of Texas Rio Grande Valley officials and border residents later Sunday.

The former President’s visit to South Texas comes on the heels of a visit to Houston earlier in November for a campaign rally. Trump currently holds a commanding lead against his Republican primary opponents ahead of the state’s March 5 primary election. Trump’s visit comes as the Texas border with Mexico has seen unprecedented levels of migrant crossings in recent months.

Abbott has made an annual tradition serving of Thanksgiving meals to soldiers and law enforcement officers at several locations across the state’s U.S./Mexico border.  The troops are the latest deployment under Abbott’s Operation Lone Star. Since March 2021, the operation has augmented law enforcement patrols by Texas Department of Public Safety Highway troopers and Texas Army National Guard soldiers along its U.S./Mexico boundary. The multi-agency border security operations include additional soldiers and law enforcement personnel from other states as well.

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EDINBURG, Texas — Former President Donald Trump and Texas Governor Greg Abbott served an early Thanksgiving meal to a host of law enforcement officers and Texas National Guard soldiers serving the border region as part of Abbott’s Operation Lone Star on Sunday, November 19, 2023.

The operation has resulted in more than 480,000 migrant arrests by state authorities since launching. The initiative includes enhanced criminal trespass prosecutions for migrants found by authorities on private property. According to the state, participating law enforcement agencies have made nearly 40,000 criminal arrests for multiple criminal violations at the border.

According to Abbott’s office, the increased law enforcement and military presence between ports of entry along the border have resulted in the seizure of more than 426 million lethal doses of fentanyl during the ongoing mission.

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A controversial component of Abbott’s border strategy involves busing migrants to sanctuary cities across the country. Thus far, Abbott has bused more than 40,000 migrants released by Customs and Border Protection in Texas border cities to Washington, D.C., New York City, Chicago, Denver, and Los Angeles.

Former President Trump and Governor Greg Abbott with Texas Border Security Forces. (Texas Department of Public Safety)

Abbott’s has thus far bused more than 23,000 migrants to New York City alone causing consternation between New York City Mayor Eric Adams and the Texas Governor. As reported by Breitbart Texas, Adams asserts Abbott “primed the pump” for the arrival of thousands of migrants outside the busing program. According to Adams, New York City has spent more than $1.45 billion during the 2023 fiscal year and anticipates the migrant crisis will cost the city more than $12 billion by 2025.

National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd said that President Trump stayed in the hangar and shook the hands or took selfies with every trooper and Guardsman who wanted to greet him.

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Happening Now—45 begins Thanksgiving Meal Service and Greetings with #OperationLoneStar in Edinburg, Texas… pic.twitter.com/KEZbCvWIfz

— Dan Scavino Jr.???????????? (@DanScavino) November 19, 2023

HAPPENING NOW:

President Trump is at the Texas Department of Public Safety Hangar in Edinburg, Texas where he is serving a Thanksgiving meal to the State National Guard, DPS troopers and Border Patrol union members alongside Texas Governor @GovAbbott.

All of them want selfies… pic.twitter.com/6fjSKx89e4

— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) November 19, 2023

EDINBURG, TX: President Trump, Governor Abbott, and Brandon Judd serving Thanksgiving meals to the Texas patriots who work to keep the state safe. pic.twitter.com/0mr8b6wfL0

— Steven Cheung (@TheStevenCheung) November 19, 2023