Texas offers Starr County ranch to Trump for mass deportation plans

  • The Rio Grande seen through dense brush near the Starr-Camargo bridge in Starr County. The state recently purchased a ranch in Starr County that it’s now offering to the federal government for a migrant detention center. Credit: Meghan Dhaliwal for The Texas Tribune
    The Rio Grande seen through dense brush near the Starr-Camargo bridge in Starr County. The state recently purchased a ranch in Starr County that it’s now offering to the federal government for a migrant detention center. Credit: Meghan Dhaliwal for The Texas Tribune

    “Texas offers Starr County ranch to Trump for mass deportation plans” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.

    The Texas General Land Office is offering President- elect Donald Trump a 1,400-acre Starr County ranch as a site to build detention ce…