Since 2021, the state of Texas, under Republican Governor Abbot and a pliant legislature, has been running their own, state-level far-right anti-immigration machine. They call this expensive, dangerous boondoggle “Operation Lone Star.” You may recall the floating death buoys in the Rio Grande, the deployment of National Guard soldiers, the construction of a border wall, and other dangerous, expensive stunts that serve only to put lives at risk on both sides of the border.

Turns out, building a round the clock hate machine is expensive, and even though the state has taken in over $50 million in donations, the money collected from yearning fascist sympathizers has barely put a dent in the $11 billion these Texas xenophobes have spent since 2021.

The House of Representatives is now considering a bill that would reimburse Texas for this costly boondoggle. The House of Representatives is considering paying them back at a time, it should be noted, when Congress is considering deep cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. Priorities, priorities.

(Taken from an email sent to me by Never Again Action.)