Gregory Wayne Abbott is the 48th Governor of Texas, currently serving his third term. A former Texas Supreme Court Justice and Attorney General, Abbott was paralyzed from the waist down in 1984 after an oak tree fell on him while jogging, an event he frequently cites as the defining test of his resilience. He is the architect of the modern, hard-right Texas governance model, transforming the state into the epicenter of conservative legislative action. Abbott’s defining legacy is his unprecedented approach to border security. Frustrated by what he viewed as the Biden administration’s catastrophic failure at the Southern border, Abbott launched "Operation Lone Star," deploying thousands of Texas National Guard troops, installing razor wire across the Rio Grande, and aggressively busing tens of thousands of undocumented migrants to Democratic sanctuary cities (New York, Chicago). In 2026, under the Trump administration, Abbott operates in absolute synergy with the federal government, providing Texas state resources to execute the largest domestic deportation operation in U.S. history.