Trump "border czar" Tom Homan to visit border with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott

Tom Homan, selected by President-elect Donald Trump to be the "border czar" in the new administration, is traveling Tuesday to the U.S.-Mexico border with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Abbott's office said. 

Homan and Abbott will be serving meals to Texas National Guard soldiers and Texas Department of Public Safety troopers who are stationed at Eagle Pass and Edinburg over Thanksgiving, Abbott's office said. They are stationed there as part of Operation Lone Star, a border mission Abbott launched in March 2021 — alleging insufficient support from the Biden administration to combat the flow of immigration along the Texas-Mexico border. 

Abbott has touted the border mission — which deployed thousands of police and soldiers and miles of barriers — as a success, despite testimony before a GOP-led Texas Senate panel earlier this year about low morale among troops, humanitarian concerns and ballooning costs. Additionally, the Biden Department of Justice and the American Civil Liberties Union have sued Texas, arguing the law interferes with the federal government's authority over immigration.