(The Center Square) â Texas is defending the border, doing the federal governmentâs job, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, argues, having launched Operation Lone Star to thwart criminal activities resulting from President Joe Bidenâs open border policies.
While Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued the Biden administration several times over alleged immigration law violations, until these issues are resolved in court, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is working around the clock to keep Texans, and Americans, safe, Abbott said.
Since Operation Lone Star began in early March, Texas DPS from March 4 through May 6, made more than 30,500 referrals to U.S. Border Patrol, a spokesperson told The Center Square by email.
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More Americans are dying from overdoses during the coronavirus epidemic than ever before, and one of the biggest threats is disguised as a safe tiny blue pill, according to a new Drug Enforcement Administration report released Tuesday.
More than 83,000 people died from an overdose in the 12-month period ending in July of 2020 the highest amount of overdose fatalities ever recorded, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
That s more than an 18% increase from the overdose death toll during the 12-month period ending July 2019.
Fentanyl, a manmade opioid, remains a top killer, according to the DEA s annual National Drug Threat Assessment, and is sometimes dyed blue and stamped to look like the prescription pain pill oxycodone or OxyContin.
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