is that part of your frustration with operation lonestar? >> it is. while she has always supported texas securing the border -- >> we need operation lonestar in our community. there are cartel members taking advantage. there's human smuggling. there is trafficking. there is death. >> reporter: she is against the state deploying razor wire, barricading her gates, blocking access to her own property, and refusing multiple times to remove barriers. texas officials said the purpose of the wire is to deter smuggling between the ports of entry and not to injure migrants. do you think all of this is political? >> yes. >> reporter: does it bother you? >> it does. it does bother me. like i said, where is the truth? you just put the he wire here and make people believe you've stopped what is happening at the border. it hasn't stopped. >> reporter: her property is in border patrol's del rio sector the busiest area on the u.s. southern border in june with more than 24,600 migrant apprehensions. even one of operation lonestar's staunchest supporters democratic eag

tropical storm harold is taking aim at texas michelle grossmann is tracking what's in store for the lonestartate. >> we're already up to the letter h tropical storm harold formed overnight. we're liking at winds of 45 miles per hour it's going to bring a hot of impacts to texas, rainfall to seven inches rough surf, dangerous rip currents it's moving quickly at 18 mile-per-hour and will make contact with texas later this morning. we're looking at winds at 30 to 40 miles per hour. could gust as high as 50 miles per hour it could bring down power lines and take out power storms are forecast. we're looking at the seas at one to three feet. that could cause dangerous rip currents along the coast from port o'connor to port mansfield. we're looking at a lot of rain rainfall amounts even up to seven inches generally three to five but we could see higher amounts there in addition to that we are looking at the chance for flash flooding and severe storms as we go throughout the heat dome stie look how far these temperatures rise to the north. 102 in omaha and 100 des moines. we're looking at the storms

and his attempts to go it alone as it were, with what he calls operation. lonestar not in cooperation with the federal government, but seizing private land. building these types of fences putting the boys in the water may trying to make it very, very difficult for people to cross their r and texas national guard officers here on site. there are uh, speed boats passing back and forth in the river, a lot of surveillance here. and i can tell you that the local people here in the town of eagle pass, which is the population of about 24000, are split about this. some people think that this more needs to be done to stop the flow of biography. other people seem to be somewhat in the majority from whom i've spoken with. i think that this is a political posturing and that kind of political theatre on behalf of the governor abbot trying to increase his popularity and embarrass the by the administration. just wanted to point out one other thing that mexico, which has several treaties with the united states governing the use of water and the navigation of the rio grande, has also put out a diploma