Bill Text: TX HR53 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Resolution 53

Introduced

Bill Title: Urging Congress to reimburse the State of Texas for costs incurred under Operation Lone Star.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-19 - Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs [HR53 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HR53-Introduced.html



	By: Dyson	H.R. No. 53



	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Due to the lack of action by the federal government,
	the State of Texas has been forced to continually appropriate funds
	to secure the southern border of the United States; and
	WHEREAS, In March 2021, Governor Greg Abbott launched
	Operation Lone Star to address record levels of migrant crossings
	and drug trafficking at the southern border; over the last three
	years, Texas has invested approximately $11 billion into the
	initiative; these funds have supported a variety of efforts, such
	as implementing surveillance technologies, providing resources to
	local law enforcement agencies, conducting legal and
	administrative activities, and managing the public health and
	humanitarian aspects of migration; and
	WHEREAS, As part of Operation Lone Star, members of the Texas
	National Guard and the Texas Department of Public Safety have been
	deployed to the region to help detect and repel illegal crossings,
	arrest human smugglers and cartel gang members, and stop the flow of
	deadly drugs such as fentanyl into the United States; the program
	has led to more than 516,300 apprehensions of illegal immigrants
	and over 45,300 arrests; and
	WHEREAS, Although it is the duty of the federal government to
	secure the nation's borders, the State of Texas has expended
	significant resources to help maintain safety and security across
	the United States, and Congress should take responsibility for its
	failure to address the crisis at the southern border; now,
	therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas
	Legislature hereby respectfully urge the Congress of the United
	States to reimburse the State of Texas in the amount of $11 billion
	for border security costs incurred under Operation Lone Star; and,
	be it further
	RESOLVED, That the chief clerk of the Texas House of
	Representatives forward official copies of this resolution to the
	president of the United States, to the president of the Senate and
	the speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States
	Congress, and to all the members of the Texas delegation to Congress
	with the request that this resolution be officially entered in the
	Congressional Record as a memorial to the Congress of the United
	States of America.