Gov. Greg Abbott returned to the nation’s capital as he seeks $11 billion to cover the state’s 4-year-old border security initiative Operation Lone Star.

Abbott is in Washington this week to lobby Congress for $11 billion to compensate Texas for money spent on his Operation Lone Star, to secure the border during the Biden Administration.

For the second consecutive week, Texas Governor Greg Abbott returned to Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to advocate for federal reimbursement of the state's border security efforts under Operation Lone Star.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is proposing to lease or sell more than 100 miles of borderlands to the federal government.

Abbott is in Washington this week to lobby Congress for $11 billion to compensate Texas for money spent on his Operation Lone Star, to secure the border during the Biden Administration.