EAGLE PASS, Texas — President-elect Donald Trump's border czar Tom Homan visits members of the Texas Army National Guard and Air National Guard and Texas Highway Patrol who visited the recently constructed National Guard base on the banks of the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass. did. Accompanied by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, Homan spoke to attendees ahead of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. During Tuesday's visit, Homan and Texas Abbott provided meals to the troops after brief remarks.
Texas Governor Abbott thanked the Guard and the soldiers before introducing Homan, the next Border Emperor, to the troops as they prepared a pre-Thanksgiving meal. “Today is my first day in Shelby Park, and Governor Abbott has done a great job here,” Homan told the troops, thanking them for their service along the Eagle Pass border. did.
Homan told troops about his plans to carry out a mass deportation operation, announcing, “Let me be clear: We just had a large number of migrants at the border, so there will be mass deportations.” Homan went on to criticize outgoing President Joe Biden's policies as “deliberately creating a border crisis.”
Mr. Abbott and Mr. Homan will be joined by retired Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw, Texas Department of Military Affairs Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Thomas Selser, Texas Border Czar Mike Banks, and National Federation of Border Patrol Councils President Paul Perez. has been added.
The visit took place at Forward Operating Base Eagle, a recently constructed permanent base camp designed to provide housing for 1,800 Texas Army National Guard members deployed to the region under Abbott's “Operation Lone Star.” It was done. The 80-acre post will open in mid-2024 and will offer individual quarters for soldiers, a 700-seat dining facility, a recreation center, laundry facilities and Wi-Fi access, Breitbart Texas reported. The camp also offers chaplaincy and medical and psychological health facilities, according to the Texas Department of Military Affairs.
Homan plans to accompany Abbott to a similar event in Edinburg, Texas, later in the afternoon to thank the soldiers and highway patrol officers working in the area over the holidays.
Homan concluded his remarks by saying: It's time to get this done. ”
randy clark He is a 32-year veteran of the U.S. Border Patrol. Prior to his retirement, he served as Division Chief of Law Enforcement Operations, directing operations for nine Border Patrol stations within the Del Rio, Texas area. Follow him at X (formerly Twitter) @RandyClarkBBTX.
