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It was one of roughly 1, trespassing arrests of recent border-crossers in Texas since July under an immigration crackdown by Republican Governor Greg Abbott, dubbed Operation Lone Star.

Abbott has said the administration of Democratic President Joe Biden promotes a "catastrophic open border" policy culminating in record crossings that have stoked local anger this year. Two Texas counties - Val Verde and Kinney - have rallied to the governor's call for local police to arrest migrants for criminal trespassing. Immigration advocates say Abbott is improperly taking immigration enforcement, a federal responsibility, into his own hands.

They have also raised concerns about migrants being held for months in jail while waiting for their case to be heard. But many of the trespassing cases appear to be falling apart on their own, a Reuters review found. Defense lawyers and at least one county prosecutor have cited problems with many of the cases, including imprecise details of the alleged misdemeanors on charging documents and lack of clarity about whether migrants were properly given notice that they were about to potentially trespass.

In Val Verde county, where Gaston crossed, County Attorney David Martinez told Reuters his office has declined to pursue around cases out of migrant trespassing arrests turned over to his office as of late October.

There was no immediate response to Reuters requests for data on the outcomes of cases that have gone before judges in the county.