Texas offers Trump 1,402 acres for deportation facilities in "Jocelyn Initiative"

| Importance: 8/10 | Status: confirmed

Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham offered the Trump administration 1,402 acres in Starr County, 35 miles west of McAllen, for mass deportation facilities. The state purchased the farmland for $3.8 million in October 2024, initially for border wall construction. Named the “Jocelyn Initiative” after a murdered 12-year-old, the remote Rio Grande Valley property would serve as “the final stop before deportation.” Buckingham controls 13 million acres statewide and promised additional land offers. Tom Homan, Trump’s border czar, confirmed plans to use the land with military transport assistance from Governor Abbott.

Key Actors

Dawn Buckingham (TX Land Commissioner) Donald Trump Tom Homan Greg Abbott Texas General Land Office

Tags

deportation-infrastructure state-federal-partnership land-appropriation mass-deportation-planning

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