Texas Governor Greg Abbott has again requested that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) request aerial border surveillance from the Department of Defense (DOD) as part of the now-halted Operation Phalanx.
The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee said the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must continue to use National Guard aviation assets funded through Operation Phalanx.
Bipartisan Texas leaders called on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to restart the suspended border aerial surveillance program known as Operation Phalanx.
A Texas congressman visited with Border Patrol agents in Laredo and witnessed the apprehension of five illegal immigrants plus the seizure of more than 350 pounds of drugs.
Border Patrol officials in far west Texas announced the opening of an illegal immigrant processing center in response to the flood of crossings and apprehensions. The move comes as officials with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shut down an aerial surveillance program intended to interdict and deter such behavior.
In the closing days of the Obama Administration, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has shut down a critical Border aerial surveillance program. The program is a National Guard program for border surveillance known as Operation Phalanx.
Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott and Democrat U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar joined forces in a bi-partisan effort to stop President Obama’s administration from cutting border security resources along the U.S./Mexico border.