As a result of Operation Lone Star, Texas was able to reduce illegal immigration into the state by 87%. But as I said, these efforts came at a very real cost. The state of Texas spent nearly $4.8 billion on walls and barriers, local grants, processing criminal arrests, and moving migrants. out of small Texas towns. Deploying the National Guard for building border barriers, guarding and constructing those barriers and apprehending migrants who were illegally present in the United states cost another 3.6 billion billion. (08:51–09:00)
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Asserts that Texas spent nearly $4.8 billion on various border security measures.
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