(The Center Square) – Texas law enforcement officers working through Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security mission, Operation Lone Star, continue to apprehend illegal border crossers , tracking them through brush, rugged terrain, and on barren ranchland.

Integral to their efforts are four-legged team members with paws and hooves who graduated from new classes or celebrated a new year of service this November.

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