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Texas Quietly Downsizes Border Security Spending (www.texasobserver.org)

submitted 2 days ago by Pro@programming.dev to c/usa@midwest.social

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Without any announcement or open debate, the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature passed a biennial state budget that will effectively halve the amount dedicated to its multi-billion-dollar border security operations—from a proposed $6.5 billion down to about $3.4 billion.

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 57 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It’s almost as if there was never actually a fuckin crisis in the first place

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There was a crisis for some time. The southern border was so overrun that humanitarian conditions were appalling.

Want to see something funny though? Suddenly, the numbers dropped to near ZERO.

https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/southwest-land-border-encounters

Honestly don't know if the numbers were faked to make Trump look like a hero or if people wised up and stayed back. Immigration slowed in his first term, but not like that.

[–] Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Or they're lying about the data.

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

The crisis is now within the border, not on the other side

[–] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 18 points 2 days ago

It's because of DEMOCRATS that Republican Stronghold TEXAS DEFUNDED THE POLICE DURING A FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED INVASION!

[–] m3t00@midwest.social 1 points 1 day ago

why pay when fed already paying NG to stand around. must be riots there too

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 6 points 2 days ago

So progressive of them.