The governor wants to finish the wall that Donald Trump began on the Texas-Mexico border, but he’ll have to overcome the same hurdles that impeded the ex-president’s efforts.
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Gov. Greg Abbott says more apprehensions, drug seizures justify a border wall. Advocates say he’s misrepresenting the numbers.
The governor said Texas needs to build a border wall to reduce migrant apprehensions and fentanyl seizures. But immigration and drug treatment experts say Abbott’s oversimplifying the issue.
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Donald Trump visits Texas to tour “unfinished border wall” on U.S.-Mexico border with Gov. Greg Abbott
The former president is touring the border Wednesday with Abbott, who has promised to build a state-funded border wall.
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University of Texas/Texas Tribune Polls
Analysis: On the border with Trump, Abbott and an enthusiastic GOP base
Gov. Greg Abbott’s proposal to build a wall between Texas and Mexico taps into a lasting preoccupation with immigration and border security among Texas Republican voters — and one of former President Donald Trump’s favorite issues.
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Kamala Harris to visit El Paso on Friday in first trip to U.S.-Mexico border as vice president
Former President Donald Trump plans on touring Texas’ southern border with Gov. Greg Abbott later this month.
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Gov. Greg Abbott is using a disaster declaration to help fund a border wall. Democrats say it’s an overreach of executive powers.
The disaster declarations give the governor broad power to suspend state laws and regulations that hinder a jurisdiction’s recovery from a disaster and to allow the use of available resources to respond to the disaster.
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Immigration
Texas border wall project receives over $450K in donations, a week after Gov. Greg Abbott announced plans
Gov. Greg Abbott pledged $250 million in state funds for a Texas-Mexico border wall and is soliciting donations to fund the rest.
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TribCast
TribCast: Assessing Texas’ power grid and its plans to build a border wall
On this week’s TribCast, Matthew speaks with James, Alexa and Erin about Gov. Greg Abbott’s border wall plans, the state power grid and Democrats pushing for voting legislation in Washington.
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Operation Lone Star
Texas empties prison to prepare to detain immigrants arrested during ramped-up border enforcement
The prison — Dolph Briscoe Unit in Dilley — will have capacity for about 1,000 people.
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Critics denounce Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick’s “invasion” rhetoric on immigration, saying it will incite violence
“If people die again, blood will be on your hands,” U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-El Paso, wrote in a tweet.
