Eagle Pass Residents Shocked by News that Governor Abbott Will Build Operation Lone Star Base
We are being used as political pawns by our own governor, says Jessie Fuentes, an Eagle Pass business owner.
In a surprise announcement on Friday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said the state has already broken ground on a new military base dedicated to housing up to 2,300 National Guard soldiers on an 80-acre campus situated just feet away from the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass.
It’s a further escalation of Abbott’s attempt to take over immigrat…
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