A 1,400-acre Rio Grande ranch purchase marks Texas’ latest step in border wall expansion, with a new mile-long section underway in the coming weeks.
Texas officials took another step Tuesday morning toward fulfilling their promise of continuing construction of the southern border wall, after purchasing a 1,400-acre ranch along the Rio Grande in a critical region identified by officials as a hotspot for human trafficking, as well as weapons and drug smuggling.
Every day, it's a struggle. Every day it's hard. Some days are easier than others, but it never takes away the fact that she's not here anymore due to the pain of people who were let in this country to do what they did to her,' Alexis – mother of Jocelyn – said during the news conference. Gov. Greg Abbott announced in 2021 funding for a state project to continue construction of a wall after the Biden administration abruptly ended the Trump-era project.
Fox News Digital's Adam Shaw contributed to this report.
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