Abbott’s Border Disaster Has Created a No-Bid Bonanza for Private Contractors

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Abbott’s Border Disaster Has Created a No-Bid Bonanza for Private Contractors

Forty-five days into President Joe Biden’s first and only term, Governor Greg Abbott announced plans to launch Operation Lone Star (OLS), the latest and most expansive in a long line of Texas border security surges. Just shy of three months later, Abbott signed a declaration of disaster, citing an “ongoing and imminent threat” from migrants crossing into Texas.  This state of disaster has since been continuously renewed, even as border apprehens…