State of Texas Considers Building It's Own Wall
Feb 16, 2019 16:47:32 #
State of Texas Considers Building Its Own Border Wall
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Rio Grande River border with Mexico just south of Laredo. (File Photo: Bob Price/Breitbart Texas)
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Two members of the Texas House of Representatives are preparing a bill that would provide $2.5 billion to fund a border wall. The proposal would take the money from Texas’ “Rainy Day Fund.”
State Representatives Kyle Biedermann (R-Fredricksburg) and Briscoe Cain (R-Deer Park) are working on legislation to take $2.5 billion from the Texas Economic Stabilization Fund, also known as the Rain Day Fund, to provide funding to build a border wall along the Texas border with Mexico. The proposal is still in the drafting phase, sources tell Breitbart News, but a bill could be filed soon.
A source in Rep. Biedermann’s office told Breitbart News on Tuesday that the bill is still in the planning stages but calls for the funds to be allocated to the Office of the Texas Governor, who would oversee the process of allocating funds and getting the wall built.
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The funds would be used to design, test, construct, and install physical barriers, roads, and technology along the international land border between Texas and Mexico with a goal of preventing illegal border crossings in those areas, Biedermann told Breitbart News on Sunday.
Breitbart News reached out to the offices of Governor Greg Abbott, Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, House Speaker Dennis Bonnen and the Department of Homeland Security for a reaction to the proposal.
A spokesman for Lt. Governor Dan Patrick responded that Governor Patrick does not support using Rainy Day Funds to build a Texas border wall. Instead, the Lt. Governor proposed that Texas invoice the federal government for the billions of dollars the state has already spent and use those receipts to pay for building a wall in Texas.
The 2017 Texas Legislature funded approximately $800 million for border security for the biennium, Breitbart News reported. The legislature increased the spending from the $300 million authorized by the 2015 legislative session. Governor Greg Abbott proposed continuing the spending level during his State of the State address last week.
Other responses were not immediately available and will be reported when received.
During the first four months of the current fiscal year, Border Patrol agents apprehended 201,497 migrants who illegally crossed the border between ports of entry. Of those, 133,912 migrants (66 percent) entered through the five Border Patrol Sectors that cover Texas. This includes the El Paso Sector which also provides border security enforcement for New Mexico, according to the January Southwest Border Migration Report published by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. New Mexico border security would not be included in this proposal.
The combination of 99,901 Family Unit Alien (FMUA) apprehensions this year combined with Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) apprehensions — a total of 120,024 families and unaccompanied minors — represents nearly 60 percent of all migrant apprehensions this year. This compares to 36 percent of the total migrants apprehended in FY2018.
The apprehension of FMUAs and UACs in the five Texas-based Border Patrol Sectors accounted for 87,362 of the 120,024 (73 percent) apprehended in all nine southwest Border Patrol sectors. Again, the Texas-based sectors include apprehensions in New Mexico.
A 2014 study from the Federation for Immigration Reform (FAIR) concluded that the cost of providing education, health care, law enforcement, and social/government services to migrants who entered the U.S illegally is an estimated $12.1 billion per year. The costs today could be higher as the percentage of migrants classified as FMUA or UAC increased dramatically.
Bob Price serves as associate editor and senior political news contributor for the Breitbart Border team. He is an original member of the Breitbart Texas team. Follow him on Twitter @BobPriceBBTX and Facebook.
http://www.Bbreitbart.com
HEY!!!!BRAVO!!!! Good for Texas!!!! this will help President Trump out 100% and he can continue fighting for building and Getting our Wall built!!!!. Now do Y'all agree with what Texas has planned? I know I do!!!!
56,894
Rio Grande River border with Mexico just south of Laredo. (File Photo: Bob Price/Breitbart Texas)
File Photo: Bob Price/Breitbart Texas
16 Feb 20194,879
3:55
Two members of the Texas House of Representatives are preparing a bill that would provide $2.5 billion to fund a border wall. The proposal would take the money from Texas’ “Rainy Day Fund.”
State Representatives Kyle Biedermann (R-Fredricksburg) and Briscoe Cain (R-Deer Park) are working on legislation to take $2.5 billion from the Texas Economic Stabilization Fund, also known as the Rain Day Fund, to provide funding to build a border wall along the Texas border with Mexico. The proposal is still in the drafting phase, sources tell Breitbart News, but a bill could be filed soon.
A source in Rep. Biedermann’s office told Breitbart News on Tuesday that the bill is still in the planning stages but calls for the funds to be allocated to the Office of the Texas Governor, who would oversee the process of allocating funds and getting the wall built.
Breitbart TV
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Ted Cruz Offers Brilliant Way to Pay for Wall
The funds would be used to design, test, construct, and install physical barriers, roads, and technology along the international land border between Texas and Mexico with a goal of preventing illegal border crossings in those areas, Biedermann told Breitbart News on Sunday.
Breitbart News reached out to the offices of Governor Greg Abbott, Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, House Speaker Dennis Bonnen and the Department of Homeland Security for a reaction to the proposal.
A spokesman for Lt. Governor Dan Patrick responded that Governor Patrick does not support using Rainy Day Funds to build a Texas border wall. Instead, the Lt. Governor proposed that Texas invoice the federal government for the billions of dollars the state has already spent and use those receipts to pay for building a wall in Texas.
The 2017 Texas Legislature funded approximately $800 million for border security for the biennium, Breitbart News reported. The legislature increased the spending from the $300 million authorized by the 2015 legislative session. Governor Greg Abbott proposed continuing the spending level during his State of the State address last week.
Other responses were not immediately available and will be reported when received.
During the first four months of the current fiscal year, Border Patrol agents apprehended 201,497 migrants who illegally crossed the border between ports of entry. Of those, 133,912 migrants (66 percent) entered through the five Border Patrol Sectors that cover Texas. This includes the El Paso Sector which also provides border security enforcement for New Mexico, according to the January Southwest Border Migration Report published by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. New Mexico border security would not be included in this proposal.
The combination of 99,901 Family Unit Alien (FMUA) apprehensions this year combined with Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) apprehensions — a total of 120,024 families and unaccompanied minors — represents nearly 60 percent of all migrant apprehensions this year. This compares to 36 percent of the total migrants apprehended in FY2018.
The apprehension of FMUAs and UACs in the five Texas-based Border Patrol Sectors accounted for 87,362 of the 120,024 (73 percent) apprehended in all nine southwest Border Patrol sectors. Again, the Texas-based sectors include apprehensions in New Mexico.
A 2014 study from the Federation for Immigration Reform (FAIR) concluded that the cost of providing education, health care, law enforcement, and social/government services to migrants who entered the U.S illegally is an estimated $12.1 billion per year. The costs today could be higher as the percentage of migrants classified as FMUA or UAC increased dramatically.
Bob Price serves as associate editor and senior political news contributor for the Breitbart Border team. He is an original member of the Breitbart Texas team. Follow him on Twitter @BobPriceBBTX and Facebook.
http://www.Bbreitbart.com
HEY!!!!BRAVO!!!! Good for Texas!!!! this will help President Trump out 100% and he can continue fighting for building and Getting our Wall built!!!!. Now do Y'all agree with what Texas has planned? I know I do!!!!Feb 16, 2019 16:56:06 #
Feb 16, 2019 17:00:44 #
dilibar wrote:
AMEN & AMEN!
AMEN!!! AMEN!!!!! Right On!!!!Feb 16, 2019 18:01:25 #
Feb 16, 2019 19:09:24 #
proud republican
Loc: RED CALIFORNIA
Lonewolf wrote:
crossings at a 4 year low and you have your panties in a knot lol
Its been going up steadily,thanks to your buddies DumboRats...
Feb 17, 2019 15:02:19 #
to the lone wolf, now I understand your name. your a damn outcast no one seems to like you. sorry kid but one day you will wake up to the truth. in the meantime find yourself a friend or a dog maybe even a skunk. and I wish you luck.
Feb 17, 2019 15:03:48 #
proud republican
Loc: RED CALIFORNIA
pict wrote:
to the lone wolf, now I understand your name. your a damn outcast no one seems to like you. sorry kid but one day you will wake up to the truth. in the meantime find yourself a friend or a dog maybe even a skunk. and I wish you luck.
Feb 17, 2019 15:05:01 #
proud republican
Loc: RED CALIFORNIA
Lonewolf wrote:
crossings at a 4 year low and you have your panties in a knot lol
We can invite all of them to your Open House,Wolfie....
Feb 17, 2019 21:43:19 #
HonorNCourage57 wrote:
State of Texas Considers Building Its Own Border W... (show quote)
Apparently, our stupid nation's policies, basically, prevent putting these illegal foreigners back across our border, once they have set foot on US soil and prevents not letting them enter when they show up at official ports of entry. Nothing is going to change until our nation's policies change to favor OUR interests instead of those of the foreigners. Just having a NO ENTRY policy and turning them all away at our border would make a tremendous difference and being a woman and child or unaccompanied teenager should not matter; after all they hot themselves here, they can get themselves back. And I can promise you that, if we operated that way, no exceptions, and all these people ended up in Mexico, that corrupt nation would soon change its ways at their southern border and stop letting these people just waltz through to the USA. We also need to make refugee and asylee claims accepted ONLY at a US embassy in the person's country, none accepted at our borders or from within our borders. All we need to do is get a congress/government that acts ONLY in the interests of this country and its ordinary citizens.
Feb 17, 2019 21:57:49 #
Lonewolf wrote:
crossings at a 4 year low and you have your panties in a knot lol
Are you dumb, or just in denial? Over 200,000 in 4 months!! So, if that is a 4 year low, we should just accept over 600,000 this year, because, hey, it has been more in the past??? Since you are so unconcerned and view this as NOTHING to fret about, why don't you take the first 200,000 into YOUR home and provide everything for them for free while they change your home, property, family and life negatively forevermore?? Do that, okay? After they completely take over your life, your belongings and your livelihood, then tell us if you support them doing the same to your whole country and all your loved ones and neighbors? These strangers are not our people, not part of our country. The USA is OUR nation home, not theirs, and American citizens are OUR bation family, not them. They have no rights to be in our home without invitation and no rights to ANYTHING belonging to us. We do our charity work as a nation by sending money, lots of it, to their countries, and have NO obligation to do more.
Feb 18, 2019 10:23:47 #
maryjane wrote:
Are you dumb, or just in denial? Over 200,000 in ... (show quote)
How about a link for your figures you do know out of 1caravan maybe 20 at most will be started in a process that might take years to be processed..
Stop listening to the liar in chef
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