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A new poll shows that immigration, which has carried much of the success of Texas Republicans lately, is now the third most ...
The Trump administration has set an Aug. 1 deadline for imposing a 30% tariff on selected goods from Mexico, and the ...
The New World Screwworm continues to advance north through Mexico, toward the Texas border. Screwworms are parasitic flies that were once devastating to ranchers, since they lay their larvae in the ...
Four years after Gov. Greg Abbott announced Texas would be the first state to build its own border wall, lawmakers have quietly stopped funding the project, leaving only scattered segments ...
With only 8% built, Texas quietly defunds state border wall program Just 8% of the 805 miles the state identified for construction is complete, which has cost taxpayers more than $3 billion to date.
With only 8% built, Texas quietly defunds state border wall program Texas officials suggested that the federal government could take over construction. However, during President Trump’s first ...
Four years after Gov. Greg Abbott announced Texas would be the first state to build its own border wall, lawmakers have quietly stopped funding the project, leaving only scattered segments covering a ...
With only 8% built, Texas quietly defunds state border wall program Just 8% of the 805 miles the state identified for construction is complete, which has cost taxpayers more than $3 billion to date.
The Texas Facilities Commission, the state agency in charge of building the wall, said as recently as January that its objective was to build at least 100 miles of wall by the end of 2026.
State-built border wall under construction near the banks of the Rio Grande in Zapata Co. on Sept. 23, 2024. (Ben Lowy For The Texas Tribune, Ben Lowy For The Texas Tribune) ...
With only 8% built, Texas quietly defunds state border wall program Just 8% of the 805 miles the state identified for construction is complete, which has cost taxpayers more than $3 billion to date.