Tag Archives: GOP want to double Texas spending on border security with $1.77B in special session bill

AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott and GOP leaders want to more than double their already amped-up spending on border security so Texas can put more boats in the Rio Grande, deploy 1,800 more National Guard soldiers there and prosecute and imprison immigrants arrested for misdemeanor offenses such as trespassing. A $1.77 billion appropriations bill filed late Thursday by Friendswood GOP …

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