Texas Military Department leaders said they need an additional $531 million in state funds to continue Gov. Greg Abbott's controversial border mission.
by Abbott, a Republican seeking his third term as governor in November.
The department also faces growing concerns among service members about retention problems tied to Operation Lone Star. Ulis told lawmakers that 91% of service members who had been on the mission for more than one year had decided to stay on the mission. Hinojosa also grilled TMD officials over the agency's deployment of service members to private ranches owned by wealthy Texans.by The Texas Tribune and included assignments at the iconic King Ranch, which is more than an hour's drive away from the border.
But a spokesperson for the King Ranch previously told The Tribune that the ranch had not requested TMD's presence and that service members were not on the ranch's property but on public right of ways on the side of U.S. Route 77. The spokesperson repeated that statement Tuesday.
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