Texas leadership approved an additional $495 million for Operation Lone Star, the majority of which will fund the Texas National Guard deployed along the U.S.-Mexico border.
The new funds will be reallocated from other state agencies, including the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and the Department of Public Safety, said a letter to agency heads Friday that was signed by Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, and some members of the state legislature.“Texas will not sit on the sidelines as President Biden continues turning a blind eye to the crisis at our southern border,” Abbott said in a press release.
Abbott added that the transfer of funds from the other agencies will not affect the function of any agency or program, though it was unclear whether the agencies will be reimbursed. The new funds were broken into two different payments: $463 million to be used for the deployment of the Texas National Guard and the other $30 million for building the state's border wall.
Abbott also said his administration is taking"aggressive" action to fight the Biden administration's efforts to end Title 42. A federal judge issued a restraining order Wednesday that temporarily blocks the Biden administration from ending the Trump-era policy that expedited the removal of immigrants at the border due to the pandemic.
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