Texas Department of Public Safety troopers are continuing an expanded law enforcement role along and beyond the U.S.–Mexico border as part of Operation Lone Star 2.0, a state-led security initiative that has coincided with a sharp decline in illegal border crossings during the first full year of border policy changes under President Donald Trump.
Rather than limiting their duties to traffic enforcement and roadway safety, DPS troopers are engaged in a broad range of border and interior operations that include human smuggling interdiction, tracking illegal border crossers through remote ranchlands, and assisting federal agencies with investigations into foreign gang and terrorist activity.
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