The “Bishop Evans Act” will provide death benefits for Texas Guard troops who die while on state orders, but it wouldn’t apply to loved ones of Bishop Evans.
Rep. Jared Patterson, R-Frisco, best known for targeting books and libraries, introduced the bill in November along with four co-authors and more than 50 co-sponsors. House Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, named the subject a legislative priority.
At its height, roughly 10,000 Texas Guard members were activated for Operation Lone Star missions statewide.troops are deployed for the mission. In February, Operation Lone Star was in the news for responding to a surge of migrants in El Paso. Critics of the border operation have questioned its steep cost and effectiveness while also raising concerns about violating civil liberties, but
Operation Lone Star has produced 340,000 migrant apprehensions, 23,000 arrests and the seizure of 355 million doses of fentanyl.We share those questions and concerns. But as long as the state is deploying troops to the border at immense personal strain and risk, their families should be assured of a death benefit; and that benefit should be retroactive.
Passing the Bishop Evans Act is the right thing to do, and it can’t come soon enough. Texas owes such peace of mind to all who volunteer to serve.
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