In March 2021, two months after Biden became president, Texas governor Greg Abbott announced "Operation Lone Star," whose goal is to "stop this revolving door and deter others considering entering illegally."

Operation Lone Star includes:
* building a wall, of which 900 feet have been built so far,
* sending thousands of National Guard troops and state police to patrol the
border,
* arresting and jailing migrants on state criminal charges,
* spending millions on bus tickets to send migrants to other cities,
sometimes lying to them about the destination,
* nearly shutting down international trade to Mexico for a few days while
increased inspections of commercial trucks were performed, and
* a $4 billion budget, which presumably does not include the costs of the
wall, which average $20 million per mile.

So how is Operation Lone Star doing?

In March 2021, the Border Patrol logged 109,456 encounters, and in August
2022, 116,976 encounters were logged.

Abbott blames these numbers on Biden's border policies but in fact, the
courts have kept most of Trump's border policies in place until fairly recently.

Jeff.

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Oops, forgot the link: https://www.texastribune.org/2022/09/28/greg-abbott-border-migrants/ (https://tinyurl.com/42fntk2c)

Jeff.

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Abbott blames these numbers on Biden's border policies but in fact, the courts have kept most of Trump's border policies in place until fairly recently.

It sounds like it was an excellent plan for this worst-case scenario that Abbott was forced to deal with.

Changes in US border policy are promptly reported by the media. "The USA has a Democrat president! He changed the policy! No more sleeping in Mexico! The
time to go is now!"

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On 09 Oct 2022, Aaron Thomas said the following...

Abbott blames these numbers on Biden's border policies but in fact, t courts have kept most of Trump's border policies in place until fairl recently.

It sounds like it was an excellent plan for this worst-case scenario that Abbott was forced to deal with.

It flopped miserably.

Changes in US border policy are promptly reported by the media. "The USA has a Democrat president! He changed the policy! No more sleeping in Mexico! The time to go is now!"

Except that the border policy didn't change right away, did it? The courts
kept most of the Trump policies in place until relatively recently, 18 months on, didn't they?

Jeff.

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On 09 Oct 2022, Jeff Thiele said the following...

Oops, forgot the link: https://www.texastribune.org/2022/09/28/greg-abbott-border-migrants/ (https://tinyurl.com/42fntk2c)

You live in Texas do you not? It would be very interesting to hear how your neighbors feel about your philosophy. I think you might be a little
outnumbered with most of the people in Texas.

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On 10 Oct 2022, Gregory Deyss said the following...

https://www.texastribune.org/2022/09/28/greg-abbott-border-migrants/ (https://tinyurl.com/42fntk2c)

You live in Texas do you not? It would be very interesting to hear how your neighbors feel about your philosophy. I think you might be a little outnumbered with most of the people in Texas.

The majority of them probably support Abbott's failure of an immigration disincentive, but that's irrelevant. It's still a failure, and an expensive
one at that.

Jeff.

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You live in Texas do you not? It would be very interesting to hear how your neighbors feel about your philosophy. I think you might be a little outnumbered with most of the people in Texas.

Except I think he lives in or near Austin, which might as well be in
Northern Illinois, the NE US, or on the West Coast.


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Except that the border policy didn't change right away, did it? The
courts kept most of the Trump policies in place until relatively
recently, 18 months on, didn't they?

You're trying too hard to defend Joe. He changed border policies very quickly after being elected. We've talked about it. "Most" is a leftist term that gets used improperly by leftists "most" of the time.

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On 10 Oct 2022, Aaron Thomas said the following...

Except that the border policy didn't change right away, did it? The courts kept most of the Trump policies in place until relatively recently, 18 months on, didn't they?

You're trying too hard to defend Joe. He changed border policies very quickly after being elected. We've talked about it. "Most" is a leftist term that gets used improperly by leftists "most" of the time.

He tried to, but the courts delayed the changes. Even you must be aware of that.

Jeff.

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Aaron Thomas wrote to Jeff Thiele <=-

"Most" is a leftist
term that gets used improperly by leftists "most" of the time.

"Most" is a weasel word used by Ignorant Elitists to weasel their way out of losing arguments.


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On 10 Oct 2022, Aaron Thomas said the following...

Except that the border policy didn't change right away, did it? The courts kept most of the Trump policies in place until relatively recently, 18 months on, didn't they?

"Most" is a leftist
term that gets used improperly by leftists "most" of the time.

No, it isn't. "Most" means "more than half, but not all."

It's not my word choice that's the problem; it's that you're wrong.

Saying "all" is generalizing, and is very dangerous as well as easy to
disprove if just one exception can be found. And that's why I think you're frustrated by my use of the word "most:" It allows for exceptions and so
cannot be disproven by a single exception. You have no cheap defense against that because the facts are not on your side.

Jeff.

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