The Texas Health and Human Services Commission will take the biggest cut, losing $211 million. GregAbbott Texas OperationLoneStar Border TexasPolitics Immigration TexasRepublicans
Gov. Greg Abbott puts on his game face and a faux-military shirt for a photo op along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Gov. Greg Abbott said Friday he's funneling another $495.3 million in state funds into Operation Lone Star, his border security crackdown that detractors have labeled aThe Republican governor announced the funding surge weeks after state military officials said the mission couldn't stay afloat through the end of the year without additional money.
. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission — which oversees the Women, Infants, and Children, Children's Medicaid and food stamp programs — will face the biggest cut at $211 million over two fiscal years. The Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Department of State Health Services and Juvenile Justice Department also will fall under the budget ax."Texas will not sit on the sidelines as President Biden continues turning a blind eye to the crisis at our southern border," the governor said in a news release trumpeting the new funding.from Abbott and other officials about how effective Operation Lone Star is sweeping up drug and human smugglers.
Further, civil rights groups have sued Texas for violating the constitutional rights of thousands of migrants arrested on minor trespassing charges under Operation Lone Star and jailed without access to attorneys or court dates. TheStay on top of San Antonio news and views. Sign up for our
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