Land-Appropriation

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

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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 …

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