The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) arrested multiple migrants wanted for heinous crimes like sexual assault of a child, in just the past few weeks.

In Laredo, Texas, DPS arrested a Honduran national wanted for sexual assault in Harris County during a traffic stop conducted as part of Operation Lone Star.

The stop happened just after 7 a.m. on Feb. 12, when a DPS trooper pulled over a 2011 International tractor trailer for a traffic violation.

Once the truck came to a stop, the driver and several passengers took off toward the brush, DPS said.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vowed to appeal a federal ruling that blocks a state law that would have allowed authorities to arrest illegal immigrants and give state judges the power to order deportations.  (Getty Images)

Since its inception, the operation has resulted in the apprehension of more than half a million illegal immigrants, stopped more than 140,000 illegal attempts to enter the U.S., made more than 50,000 criminal arrests, seized more than half a billion lethal doses of fentanyl, built more than 240 miles of border barriers and established the only National Guard base along the Texas-Mexico border.

“In short, Texas stepped up where the federal government refused and in doing so, protected all Americans from President Biden’s dangerous policies,” Abbott wrote in a letter to U.S. Congressional Members late last month.

Though he is proud of the operation, Abbott noted that its success came with a high price tag of more than $11.1 billion, which has been, and continues to be, paid by Texas taxpayers when it “should have been the federal government’s responsibility.”

In a document breaking down the costs, Abbott said that prior to the Biden administration, the state of Texas spent approximately $800 million every two years to supplement federal efforts at the border.

“The burden that our State has borne is a direct result of a refusal by the federal government to do its job,” Abbott wrote. “The work that Texas has done through Operation Lone Star has protected and will continue to benefit the entire country.”

House Republicans have introduced bills in the past requesting Texas be reimbursed for the billions spent on border security, but legislation has never been passed.

Fox News Digital’s Elizabeth Pritchett contributed to this report.