Texas' Troubled Border Police Program and State-Sponsored Vigilantes

Human Rights Watch urges you to oppose HB20 and HB7, which together amount to a dangerous and extreme effort to expand. In two separate complaints, several Texas-based civil rights organizations analyzed 484 arrests under Operation Lone Star. They concluded the arrest involved severe racial disparities and clear indications of profiling based on race and national origin. The operation raises sufficient concerns about possible violations of the United States non-discrimination laws that according to media sources, it is currently an investigation by the Department of Justice.