Thread: TX. Extra $86M in Border Security up for Approval

Extra $86M in Border Security up for Approval

• By: Associated Press
• 6:09 AM

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Another $86 million on border security spending in Texas is up for approval by the state's top budget office.

Republican Gov. Rick Perry on Monday will formally present to the Legislative Budget Board plans to finance an extended deployment of state troopers and the Texas National Guard.

As many as 1,000 guardsmen that Perry sent to the Rio Grande Valley are scheduled to go home by April. Top Republican leaders want to replace them with a mix of additional state troopers and technology.

Illegal crossings along the Rio Grande have slowed dramatically since an overwhelming surge of immigrants this summer.

Perry is leaving office in January. Gov.-elect Greg Abbott and a new Legislature could scrap the funding plan if they have different preferences on how much to spend and where.

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Forty-nine other states who have citizens who purchase illegal drugs contribute in large ways to the costs of border security. To my knowledge, not one Governor of those 49 states have offered assistance in this effort. They should all want to be a part of this. Then 86 million x 50 would make a war chest large enough to expect some remarkable results. Some more of that attitude of "Let someone else do it?"

Originally Posted by kevinssdad

Forty-nine other states who have citizens who purchase illegal drugs contribute in large ways to the costs of border security. To my knowledge, not one Governor of those 49 states have offered assistance in this effort. They should all want to be a part of this. Then 86 million x 50 would make a war chest large enough to expect some remarkable results. Some more of that attitude of "Let someone else do it?"

The federal government is responsible for the border, and everyone's federal taxes pay for that. No one asked Texas to take on the responsibility so it isn't likely anyone is going to offer to pay for it.