Texas Helps More Than 105,000 of Biden’s ‘Newcomers’ Migrate to Sanctuary Cities
The illegal aliens, or “newcomers,” as Biden now calls them, were transported under Gov. Abbott’s Operation Lone Star, a program designed to secure Texas’ border from the onslaught of illegal immigration caused by the Biden Administration’s open-border policies.
Since its inception in 2021, Biden’s first year in office, the operation has been sending illegal newcomers overwhelming his state to self-designated “sanctuary” cities claiming to want them.
In a social media post on Tuesday, Gov. Abbott reported the number of aliens Texas has helped migrate to six prominent sanctuary cities:
- Over 12,500 to D.C.
- Over 39,300 to New York City
- Over 32,300 to Chicago
- Over 3,400 to Philadelphia
- Over 16,700 to Denver
- Over 1,500 to Los Angeles
Last Wednesday, in a press release marking the third anniversary of the project, Gov. Abbott noted that Operation Lone Star has resulted in the arrest of more than a half-million illegal aliens:
- More than 503,800 illegal immigrant apprehensions.
- More than 40,400 criminal arrests.
- More than 36,100 felony charges.
- More than 469 million lethal doses of fentanyl seized.
“Operation Lone Star continues to fill the dangerous gaps created by the Biden Administration’s refusal to secure the border,” Gov. Abbott said:
“Every individual who is apprehended or arrested and every ounce of drugs seized would have otherwise made their way into communities across Texas and the nation due to President Joe Biden’s open border policies.”
Pres. Biden’s reference to illegal aliens as “newcomers” – instead of his traditional “undocumented migrants” euphemism – caught the media’s attention on January 29, when the White House released a “fact sheet” calling for $1.4 billion to better serve people who have broken into the country:
“The bill also includes $1.4 billion for cities and states who are providing critical services to newcomers, and would expedite work permits for people who are in the country and qualify.”
Biden used the term again, on February 4, in another “fact sheet” calling for Congress to pass the stalled border bill. In it, Biden says he wants funding to provide “Shelter and critical services for newcomers in our cities and states.”
Supreme Court Lifts Stay on Texas Law that Gives Police Powers to Arrest Migrants at Border
A divided Supreme Court has lifted a stay on a Texas law that gives police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of crossing the border illegally while a legal battle over immigration authority plays out.
Supreme Court lifts stay on Texas law that gives police broad powers to arrest migrants at borderThe Associated Press
A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted a stay on a Texas law that gives police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of crossing the border illegally while a legal battle over immigration authority plays out.
The Biden administration is suing to strike down the measure, arguing it’s a clear violation of federal authority that would hurt international relations and create chaos in administering immigration law. A judge could then order them to leave the U.S.
Texas has argued it has a right to take action over what Gov. Greg Abbott has described as an “invasion” of migrants on the border.
Texas Files Suit Against ‘Colony Ridge’ Developer for Allegedly Luring Migrants into Foreclosure Scheme
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) has filed suit against the real estate developers behind “Colony Ridge,” the sprawling development northeast of Houston, for allegedly luring migrants into a foreclosure scheme.
Paxton announced the lawsuit against Colony Ridge on Thursday, accusing the real estate developers of operating a business model “predicated on churning land purchasers through a foreclosure mill.”
“Namely, Colony Ridge targets foreign-born and Hispanic consumers with limited or no access to credit with promises of cheap, ready-to-build land and financing without proof of income,” Paxton said in a statement.
Also, Paxton accuses Colony Ridge of purposefully misrepresenting the conditions of their “ready-to-build” land. After migrants have purchased the lots, Paxton alleges, they are unable to build on the properties because of the poor conditions.
From there, Paxton says Colony Ridge forecloses on the migrants and repossesses the land to sell it again to unsuspecting migrants who end up in the same situation.
“… a Colony Ridge representative testified before the Texas Senate that CR Land’s foreclosure rate is 12 percent,” the lawsuit states:
This alarming figure is roughly 50 times greater than the 2023 nationwide foreclosure rate of 0.26% (roughly 1 in every 400 homes were foreclosed in the United States in 2023). Even in 2009, at the height of the U.S. housing crisis, the foreclosure rate was only 2.22% nationwide (roughly 1 in every 45 homes were foreclosed). On information and belief, Colony Ridge’s profitability rests in no small part on the one-two-punch of its systemic deceptions coupled with this foreclosure operation. [Emphasis added]
Colony Ridge developer Trey Harris looks down the street in the Santa Fe subdivision in the development Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, in Cleveland, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
A row of mobile homes is shown in the Colony Ridge development Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, in Cleveland, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
The scheme, Paxton alleges, has forced neighboring communities to bear “a tremendous cost for the scheme,” while making “Colony Ridge’s developers a fortune.”
Last year, Paxton informed members of Congress that the Colony Ridge development “appears to be attracting and enabling illegal alien settlement in the state of Texas and distressing neighboring cities and school districts.”
Paxton accused Texas State Rep. Ernest Bailes (R) and State Sen. Robert Nichols (R) of “working to enrich specific developers at enormous expense to the rest of the public and reducing the quality of life for their own constituents” with a “specific arrangement” to help Colony Ridge’s scheme flourish.
The lawsuit asks the court to require Colony Ridge to halt its alleged predatory practices and foreclosure scheme, as well as have the real estate developers make “full restitution to all consumers who have suffered losses as a result of the acts and practices alleged in this complaint and any other acts or practices proved by the state.”
The case is Texas v. Colony Ridge, Inc., No. 4:24-cv-00941 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email him at jbinder@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter here.
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