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>> IT'S NO SECRET THERE IS A
LOT OF DPS PRESENCE IN THE RIO
GRANDE VALLEY AS PART OF

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GOVERNOR ABBOTT'S OPERATION,
LONE STAR GOVRNOR SENDING
THEM TO HELP DEAL WITH THE

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INFLUX OF MIGRANTS. BUT MANY
STARK COUNTY RESIDENTS ARE
SAYING THAT INCREASE PRESENCE

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AS LEAD TO MORE CITATIONS
RATHER, THEN THEIR PROTECTION.
HERE'S CHANNEL WAS THE BURMA.

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>> THE GOVERNOR SAYS SENDING
DPS TROOPERS TO STOP HUMAN
SMUGGLING AND DRUGS FROM

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CROSSING THE BORDER HAS BEEN A
SUCCESS CHANNEL. 5 NEWS HAS
BEEN TRACKING THE OPERATION

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AFTER RECEIVING COMPLAINTS
FROM PEOPLE IN STARK COUNTY.
THE DRIVERS ARE BEING PULLED

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OVER FOR NO APPARENT REASON.
THANKS TO AN OPEN RECORDS
REQUEST. WE LOOKED AT OVER 100

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PAGES OF CITATIONS HANDED OUT
BY DPS IN STARK COUNTY FROM
JANUARY TO JUNE OF THIS YEAR

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TO SEE HOW THINGS LOOKED
BEFORE AND AFTER OPERATION
LONE STAR, THE RESULTS WERE

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SURPRISING.
>> THE CITATION UH, ONE OF THE
MOST ONE OF MY 1060% AND THAT

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WAS FOR HAVING ANYTHING ON
YOUR WINDSHIELD.
>> THE NEXT HIGHEST INCREASE

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ONE UP BY OVER 840%. AND THAT
WAS FOR HAVING A TRANSPARENT
MATERIAL LIKE THIS ON YOUR

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WINDSHIELD.
>> TICKETS LIKE THESE ARE
COSTING ONE STARK COUNTY

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MENTHOL MOSS MARTINEZ. A LOT
OF HEADACHES. HE SAYS HE'S
STRUGGLING TO PAY THE TICKETS

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HE RECEIVED BECAUSE NOW HE HAS
TO MAKE OUR PAIRS. HE CAN'T
EVEN AFFORD TO MAKE.

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>> IN KNOWLES. THOSE MISSES IN
A COUPLE MONTHS AGO STOP 6
TIMES. I HAVE 3 TICKETS AND I

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GOT 3 OR 4 WARNINGS. I'VE BEEN
STOPPED BECAUSE THE LIGHT OF
THE TOP OF MY CAR DON'T WORK

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ANYMORE.
>> I SEE THIS AS MANY
RESIDENTS ARE SO SCARED OF

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GETTING STOPS THAT THEY'VE
STOPPED GOING OUT.
>> SEEMED ON THE PART OF THE

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SEEM THEY STOP US FOR
ABSOLUTELY NO REASON. THEY
TELL YOU THAT THEY'RE STOPPING

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YOUR CHECK ON YOU. AND THAT'S
HOW THEY GET PEOPLE SOME
WITHOUT LICENSE. IS THAT THE

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NUMBERS ALSO SHOW THE
CITATIONS FOR HUMAN SMUGGLING
AND DRUG POSSESSION WENT UP

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BUT NOT AS HIGH AS MINOR
TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS.
>> CITATIONS FOR CONTROLLED

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SUBSTANCES, WHICH MEANS HAVING
ILLEGAL DRUGS.
>> ONE UP 103% FROM AN AVERAGE

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OF 41 CASES. THE MONTHS TO 83
CASES A MONTH. HUMAN SMUGGLING
ONE UP 17%. AN AVERAGE OF 6.5

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CASES TO AN AVERAGE OF 7.6
CASES A MONTH, A 2014 STUDY
DONE BY THE BORDER NETWORK FOR

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HUMAN RIGHTS SHOWS THAT WHEN
DPS TROOPERS INCREASED IN
STARK COUNTY TRAFFIC CITATION

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RATES FOR HISPANICS ROSE BY
127% COMPARED TO A 40% DROP IN
CITATION RATES FOR WHITES.

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IT'S CREATING A TAX ON POOR
PEOPLE. PEOPLE WHO ARE FOR A
HE'S EVEN A SMALL THINK THAT

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CITY TO A THERAPIST AND THE
PATIENT TO PATIENT.
>> NOTICE AS LOW INCOME

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RESIDENTS ARE THE ONES WHO ARE
MORE LIKELY TO HELP OLDER CARS
WITH MECHANICAL PROBLEMS. THIS

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WAS ECHOED BY STARR COUNTY
JUDGE ELOY BACK IN MARCH WHEN
OPERATION LONE STAR HAD JUST

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BEGUN. HE URGED DPS TROOPERS
TO CONSIDER THAT MANY STAR
RESIDENTS COME FROM HUMBLE

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BACKGROUNDS.
>> IF SOMEONE IS RUNNING YOU
KNOW, MOST OF HAVE OLDER

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VEHICLES. AND BALL DOES NOT
WORKING ON THE PLATE SURVEYED
IN THE FLASH WHATEVER. I MEAN,

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DON'T LIKE THEM. THEY'RE
BARELY MAKING IT.
>> BUT DPS LIEUTENANT

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CHRISTOPHER ALL ABOUT IS MINOR
TRAFFIC STOPS ARE SOMETIMES
HOW THEY CAN CATCH BIGGER

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CRIMES.
>> SO OUR DPS TROOPERS HAVE TO
PROBABLY CAUSE THAT HAVE

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REASON TO STOP. IT CAN NO
FRONT LICENSE PLATE, LIGHT
EQUIPMENT THAT WOULD BE THE

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INITIAL REASON FOR THE STOP.
IT IS DISCOVERED THAT THE
DRIVER HAS AN EXPIRED LICENSE

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OR DOESN'T HAVE A LICENSE IN A
TICKET CAN BE ISSUED FOR THOSE
VIOLATIONS DPS CAN'T DEPORT

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IMMIGRANTS. HE SAYS THEY'RE
MAKING A DIFFERENCE WITH
OPERATION LONE STAR.

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>> AND NOW WITH THE INFLUX OF
MY KIDS THAT ARE COMING
ACROSS. IT'S CAUSING A

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DISTRACTION FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE LAW
ENFORCEMENT IS TIED UP WITH

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THESE MIGRANTS. SO HE SAYS
THEY'RE TRYING TO HANDLE THE
CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THAT BORDER

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PATROL AGENTS ARE TOO TIED UP
TO HANDLE. WE'RE PROVIDING
OVER 1000 UPS RESOURCES TO THE

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REAL GRANDE VALLEY REAL
SECTORS. AND TAXPAYERS ARE
FOOTING. THE BILL. HE SAYS THE

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COST AT LEAST 2.5 MILLION
DOLLARS A WEEK TO FUND DPS
TROOPERS FOR OPERATION LONE

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STAR OR DPS TROOPER SINCE THE
START OF OPERATION ON STAR
HAVE COME INTO CONTACT AND

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REFERRED OVER 43,000.
>> MIGRANTS. JUDGE VIDEO SAYS
DESPITE THE INCREASE IN

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IMMIGRANTS CROSSING ILLEGALLY
INTO THE COUNTY CRIME HAS. I'M
GONNA MISS OUR CRIME RATE. IS

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THAT GUN UP.
>> OUR JAILS. YOU KNOW, THAT
IS STILL THE SAME MEANWHILE,

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FOR MARTINEZ, THE ISSUE
REMAINS PERSONAL AND WHAT HE
CALLS A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE.

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>> I LOVE IT WHEN HE FROM THAT
AND ALSO SOME. BUT LOOK AT
SOME BILL BECAUSE SOME OF

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THOSE MODELS.
>> WHAT THE GOVERNOR IS
TELLING US IS THAT WE'RE THE

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WORST. WE'RE THEBAD PEOPLE.
AND THIS IS HOW HE WANTS TO
CLEAN TO PROTECT WHITE PEOPLE

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IN CENTRAL TEXAS. BUT IT'S ALL
A LIE. LOOK AT.
>> ACCORDING TO JUDGE ABOUT

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65% OF DPS HAS MOVED TO
VALVERDE COUNTY AND FURTHER
NORTH. HE SAID THEY'RE SEEING

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THE NUMBERS OF CITATIONS START
TO GO DOWN. WE'LL STAY ON THE
STORY A CHANNEL