Texas Aligns with Trump on Border Strategy, Offers Land for Deportations
TL;DR
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham announced that the state is offering land to the incoming Trump administration for mass deportation facilities, as part of "Jocelyn's Initiative," named after a girl killed by undocumented immigrants. The initiative aims to prevent similar tragedies by facilitating the deportation of violent criminals. The Texas General Land Office has identified 1,400 acres in Starr County for potential use, with plans to build a detention center specifically for processing deportations.
- Texas offers Trump administration more land to stage mass deportations The Texas Tribune
- Texas pivots from feuding with Biden over the border to providing the blueprint for Trump CNN
- New wall construction at Texas border kicks off with family of slain Jocelyn Nungaray watching Fox News
- Texas offers Trump land for migrant 'deportation facilities' BBC.com
- Texas Land Commissioner speaks in Starr County for border wall event KVEO-TV
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