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What to know about the Texas border wall and who’s building it
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Houston Chronicle
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Scherer, J.
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11/07/2023
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1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
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Border barriers; Construction industry; Facilities Commission, Texas; State government contracts
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Texas awards $307 million in contracts for 14 miles of new border wall
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San Antonio Express News
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Garcia, U.
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10/02/2022
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2 doc(s)
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Border barriers; Facilities Commission, Texas; State government contracts
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Galveston County's border money appears destined for other uses
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Galveston Daily News
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Ferguson, J.
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06/17/2022
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2 doc(s)
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American Rescue Plan Act; Border barriers; Border security; County commissioners; Galveston County; Operation Lone Star (Border security)
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott invites the public to help pay for migrants’ bus rides to Washington, D.C.
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Dallas Morning News
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Garrett, R.
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04/26/2022
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4 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Buses; Gifts and donations; Undocumented immigrants
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Contractors are making millions with little oversight due to Gov. Abbott's border 'emergency'
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Houston Chronicle
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Root, J.
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04/17/2022
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8 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Border security; Competitive bidding; Coronavirus; Disaster areas; Emergency management; Emergency Management, Texas Division of; González, Mary; Gubernatorial powers; Immigrant detention centers; Johnson, Nathan; Medical screening; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Phelan, Dade; State agency budgets; State government contracts
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Gov. Greg Abbott orders Texas to inspect vehicles at border, charter buses to ship migrants to D.C.
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Dallas Morning News
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Garrett, R.
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04/07/2022
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5 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Border security; Buses; Immigration enforcement
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A snapshot of Operation Lone Star in Del Rio is murky
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San Antonio Express News
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Lingle, B.
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03/27/2022
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4 doc(s)
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Border security; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Texas National Guard
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New Guard leadership is not enough. Abbott should scrap Operation Lone Star.
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Houston Chronicle
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Editorial
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03/18/2022
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6 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Border security; Immigration policy; Military Department, Texas; Norris, Tracy; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Suelzer, Thomas M. 'Tom'; Texas National Guard
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Texas will use surplus panels from federal government for border wall
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Austin American Statesman
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Garcia, U.
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02/27/2022
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3 doc(s)
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Border barriers
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To build Abbott’s border barrier, Texas will use surplus wall panels from the federal government
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San Antonio Express News
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Garcia, U.
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02/22/2022
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4 doc(s)
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Border barriers; Facilities Commission, Texas; General Services Administration, U.S.
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Abbott support remains solid on border issues, but costs of wall aren’t popular, says new poll
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Dallas Morning News
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Solis, D.
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02/01/2022
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1 TX bill 11 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Border security; Children of immigrants; Gubernatorial campaigns; Public opinion polls
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Abbott’s play wall made the border worse. Real reform starts in Washington.
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Houston Chronicle
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Editorial
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01/25/2022
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5 doc(s)
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Border security; Immigration enforcement; Kinney County; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Shahan, Tully
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On the border, chasing delays in pay and fewer migrants, some Texas guardsmen are losing faith
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San Antonio Express News
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Christenson, S.
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01/17/2022
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5 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Border security; Military personnel; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Salaries; Texas National Guard
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Abbott dismisses criticism of National Guard pay issues and suicides, accusing opponents of ‘playing politics’
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Houston Chronicle
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Scherer, J.
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01/13/2022
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6 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Border security; Dominguez, Alex; Gubernatorial campaigns; Huffines, Don; Krause, Matt; Military Department, Texas; Military personnel; Norris, Tracy; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Suicide; Texas National Guard; West, Allen
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Militia sanctioned by sheriff eyes sup-port to halt migrants
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Houston Chronicle
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Hennessy-Fiske, M.
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12/23/2021
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3 doc(s)
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Border security; Militias
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Gov. Greg Abbott inaugurates first stretch of state-funded border barrier in Starr County
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San Antonio Express News
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Garcia, U.
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12/21/2021
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7 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Bush, George P.; O'Rourke, Beto
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Texas breaks ground on state-backed border wall in Rio Grande City
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Austin American Statesman
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Mekelburg, M.
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12/19/2021
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1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Border security; Gifts and donations; Mellon, Timothy; Rio Grande City, Texas
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Another barrier: Taking Trump’s concept, Abbott unveils his wall in Starr County
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McAllen Monitor
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Gonzalez, V.
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12/18/2021
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3 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Alvis, Steven D. 'Steve'; Border barriers; Border security; McCraw, Steve; Starr County
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Abbott’s latest wall: Shipping containers
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Austin American Statesman
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Garcia, U.
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11/22/2021
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1 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Border security; Immigration enforcement; Military Department, Texas; Public Safety, Texas Department of
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Beto O’Rourke’s border problem and how he aims to fix it as he runs for governor of Texas
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Houston Chronicle
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Wallace, J.
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11/20/2021
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3 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Border security; Gubernatorial campaigns; Immigration policy; O'Rourke, Beto
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Gov. Abbott holds border discussion in Midland, hints at special session
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Midland Reporter Telegram
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Stringer, M.
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11/05/2021
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2 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Border issues
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Five firms being considered for design and construction of Texas-Mexico border wall that Gov. Greg Abbott promised
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Austin American Statesman
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Garcia, U.
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10/28/2021
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2 doc(s)
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Border barriers; Facilities Commission, Texas; State government contracts
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National Guard troops help make more than 7,700 arrests at Texas' southern border
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Corpus Christi Caller Times
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Moritz, J.
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10/22/2021
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1 TX bill 4 doc(s)
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Border barriers; McCraw, Steve; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Texas National Guard; Trespassing
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Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at Harrison County Republican Women event
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Tyler Morning Telegraph
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Richardson, R.
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10/12/2021
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3 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Paddie, Chris; Political fundraising; Republicans; Vaccine mandates
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Texas has raised $54 million in private donations for its border wall plan. Almost all of it came from this one billionaire.
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Austin American Statesman
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Barragan, J.
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10/08/2021
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1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Financial investments; Gifts and donations; Mellon, Timothy; Tax avoidance
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Gov. Greg Abbott, 10 GOP governors to talk in South Texas about immigration policies
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Austin American Statesman
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Moritz, J.
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10/06/2021
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3 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Border security; Drug trafficking; Governors
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State agency awards $11 million contract to oversee construction of Gov. Greg Abbott’s Texas-Mexico border wall
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Austin American Statesman
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Garcia, U.
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09/17/2021
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1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
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Border barriers; State government contracts
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$1.8B border security bill heads to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk
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Austin American Statesman
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Mekelburg, M.
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09/02/2021
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1 TX bill 4 doc(s)
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Border barriers; Border security; Gutierrez, Roland; Lucio, Eddie, Jr.; Nelson, Jane; Patrick, Dan; State agency budgets; Zaffirini, Judith
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‘Slush fund’? Texas House OKs $1.8B in border security spending over objections from Democrats
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Austin American Statesman
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Mekelburg, M.
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08/31/2021
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1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
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Anchía, Rafael; Bonnen, Greg; Border barriers; Border security; Eminent domain; Immigration enforcement; Lucio, Eddie, Jr.; State budgets; Zwiener, Erin
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Belying political hype, migrant surge is largely invisible in border communities
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San Antonio Express News
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Althaus, D.
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08/29/2021
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5 doc(s)
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Border barriers; Border security; Unaccompanied minors; Undocumented immigrants; Villalobos, Javier
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Texas Gov. Abbott’s border security plan with $1.8 billion boost advances over Democrats’ objections
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Dallas Morning News
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Garrett, R.
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08/28/2021
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1 TX bill 4 doc(s)
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Bonnen, Greg; Border barriers; Border security; Moody, Joe; State budgets
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Gov. Abbott seeks $1B for wall as Republicans push to triple Texas border security budget
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Houston Chronicle
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Scherer, J.
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08/26/2021
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1 TX bill 4 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Border security; Dominguez, Alex
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$1.8B Bill advances
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Austin American Statesman
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Mekelburg, M.
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08/25/2021
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1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
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Bonnen, Greg; Border barriers; Border security; González, Mary; Law enforcement; Walle, Armando; Zwiener, Erin
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Texas House panel backs Gov. Greg Abbott’s plan to nearly triple state spending on border security
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Dallas Morning News
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Garrett, R.
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08/25/2021
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1 TX bill 5 doc(s)
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Border barriers; Border security; Dominguez, Alex; González, Mary; Immigrant detention centers; Johnson, Ann; McCraw, Steve; Office of the Governor; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Public Safety, Texas Department of; Schaefer, Matt; State agency budgets; Texas National Guard; Zwiener, Erin
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Abbott, GOP want to double Texas spending on border security with $1.77B in special session bill
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Dallas Morning News
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Garrett, R.
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08/20/2021
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1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Bonnen, Greg; Border barriers; Border security; Nelson, Jane; Public Safety, Texas Department of; State agency budgets; Undocumented immigrants
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Donations for Abbott’s border wall dwindle
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Austin American Statesman
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Jankowski, P.
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08/09/2021
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2 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Border security; Gifts and donations; Gubernatorial campaigns; Public information
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US attorney general threatens to sue Gov. Abbott
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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Garcia, U.
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07/31/2021
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7 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Coronavirus; Executive orders; Garland, Merrick; Public Safety, Texas Department of; Racial profiling; Undocumented immigrants
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Gov. Abbott hits the gas on his rogue immigration crackdown
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Houston Chronicle
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Blackman, J.
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07/28/2021
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5 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Border security; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Texas National Guard
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Gov. Greg Abbott promised “transparency and accountability” for border wall donations. But donors don’t have to use real names.
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Austin American Statesman
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Barragan, J.
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07/25/2021
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2 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Gifts and donations; Government transparency; Public information
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Texas begins jailing border crossers on trespassing charge
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Austin American Statesman
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Weber, P.
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07/24/2021
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3 doc(s)
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Border security; Immigrant detention centers; Trespassing
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tests negative for COVID, after official he met at border event is infected
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Dallas Morning News
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Garrett, R.
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07/23/2021
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3 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Coronavirus; Medical screening
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Texas arrests migrants for trespassing
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Dallas Morning News
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Weber, P.
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07/23/2021
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3 doc(s)
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Border security; Immigrant detention centers; Trespassing
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Our border problem lies in Washington, not in South Texas
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Dallas Morning News
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Nixon, D.
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07/10/2021
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4 doc(s)
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Border security; Immigration policy
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Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says GOP elections bill is on course to pass Legislature
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Dallas Morning News
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Jeffers Jr., G.
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07/10/2021
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1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
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Border security; Election administration; Guzman, Eva; Patrick, Dan; Turner, Chris; West, Royce
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How much will Abbott's wall cost Texans?
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San Antonio Express News
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Editorial
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07/09/2021
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3 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Federal aid; Yellen, Janet
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South Dakota guardsmen are coming to Texas - and neither state will talk about it
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San Antonio Express News
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Christenson, S.
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07/09/2021
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4 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Border security; Disaster areas; Noem, Kristi; Operation Lone Star (Border security); South Dakota; Texas National Guard
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US-Mexico Border: Wall or no wall?
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Austin American Statesman
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Moritz, J.
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07/04/2021
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1 doc(s)
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Border barriers; Border security; Cascos, Carlos; Immigration policy
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We’ve seen this border wall show before. Please spare us the rerun.
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Austin American Statesman
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Editorial
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07/04/2021
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3 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Gifts and donations; Trump, Donald
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Abbott wants to build a border wall. South Texas landowners are divided over whether they want it.
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Houston Chronicle
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DeGuzman, C.
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07/04/2021
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4 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Disaster areas; Property rights; Ranches and ranching; Rio Grande River
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At unfinished wall, Trump says Biden ‘destroying’ U.S., Abbott says it’s time to ‘seal this border’
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Dallas Morning News
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Gillman, T.
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07/01/2021
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3 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Biden, Joe; Border barriers; Border security; Cortez, Richard F.; Immigration policy; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Treviño, Eddie, Jr.; Trump, Donald; Vela, Filemon B., Jr.
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Political Buzz: Friday vote will decide fate of Galveston County judge's border plan
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Galveston Daily News
|
Ferguson, J.
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07/01/2021
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2 doc(s)
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Bonnen, Greg; Border barriers; Border security; Federal aid; Galveston County; Henry, Mark; Juneteenth
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GOP donor funds South Dakota National Guard troops in Texas
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Austin American Statesman
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Groves, S.
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06/30/2021
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3 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Arkansas; Border barriers; Border security; Emergency Management Assistance Compact; Gifts and donations; Hutchinson, Asa; Iowa; National Guard; Nebraska; Noem, Kristi; South Dakota
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Abbott amends disaster declaration, leaves out Laredo, others
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Laredo Morning Times
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Davis, Z.
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06/30/2021
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4 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Border security; Disaster areas
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South Dakota’s Noem to send Texas troops
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San Antonio Express News
|
Staff
|
06/30/2021
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2 doc(s)
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Arkansas; Border security; Gifts and donations; Hutchinson, Asa; National Guard; Noem, Kristi; South Dakota
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Drop the border photo ops. This bipartisan plan is how we help stem the migrant surge.
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Dallas Morning News
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Editorial
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06/29/2021
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2 doc(s)
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Cornyn, John; Cuellar, Henry; Gonzales, Tony; Immigration policy; Refugees and asylees
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Democrats try to block Gov. Abbott from using COVID recovery funds on border wall
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Houston Chronicle
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Wermund, B.
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06/29/2021
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4 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Biden, Joe; Border barriers; Border security; Coronavirus; Federal aid; Immigration enforcement; Yellen, Janet
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Abbott’s border barrier construction begins, Texas National Guard assisting
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McAllen Monitor
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Gonzalez, V.
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06/29/2021
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1 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Border security; Texas National Guard
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Dems ask Yellen to block wall
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Dallas Morning News
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Gillman, T.
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06/28/2021
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4 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Border security; Coronavirus; Doggett, Lloyd; Federal aid; Yellen, Janet
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Abbott’s $250M border wall, brought to you by Biden’s $1.9T COVID-19 bailout
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Dallas Morning News
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Gillman, T.
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06/27/2021
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5 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Border security; Doggett, Lloyd; Federal aid; Gonzalez, Vicente; Hinojosa, Gilberto; Trump, Donald
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The most influential non-voter in Texas
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Beaumont Enterprise
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Ramsey, R.
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06/26/2021
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4 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Attorney General campaigns and elections; Bush, George P.; Gubernatorial candidates; Guzman, Eva; Huffines, Don; Miller, Sid; Paxton, Ken; Trump, Donald; West, Allen
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VP Kamala Harris visits border today as administration struggles to house migrant children
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Houston Chronicle
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Wermund, B.
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06/25/2021
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6 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Biden, Joe; Border security; Cuellar, Henry; Harris, Kamala; Immigrant detention centers; Immigration policy; Mayorkas, Alejandro; Unaccompanied minors
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A border security plan should get input from border lawmakers
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Houston Chronicle
|
Zaffirini, J.
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06/25/2021
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1 doc(s)
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Blanco, César; Border security; Hinojosa, Juan 'Chuy'; Immigration policy; Zaffirini, Judith
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Gov. Greg Abbott is using a disaster declaration to help fund a border wall. Democrats say it’s an overreach of executive powers.
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San Antonio Express News
|
Barragan, J.
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06/25/2021
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5 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Border security; Disaster areas; Emergency management; Gonzales, Alberto R.; Gubernatorial powers; Turner, John
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Texas border wall project receives over $450K in donations, a week after Gov. Greg Abbott announced plans
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San Antonio Express News
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Oxner, R.
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06/24/2021
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7 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Facilities Commission, Texas; Gifts and donations
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Council to send letter opposing border wall
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Laredo Morning Times
|
Ocampo, C.
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06/22/2021
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1 doc(s)
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Border barriers; Laredo City Council
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Border wall lets Abbott score points
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Dallas Morning News
|
Jeffers Jr., G.
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06/21/2021
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2 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Border security; DeSantis, Ron; Gubernatorial candidates
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That border wall plan isn’t for Texas. It’s for Gov. Greg Abbott.
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Austin American Statesman
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Editorial
|
06/20/2021
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5 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Border issues
|
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Abbott's wall a monument to posturing
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San Antonio Express News
|
Editorial
|
06/20/2021
|
5 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Border barriers
|
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Border residents fear more violence after ‘invasion’ rhetoric by Texas politicians
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Dallas Morning News
|
Corchado, A.
|
06/19/2021
|
1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Border issues; Constitutional carry; Escobar, Veronica; Gun control; Immigration enforcement; Racial discrimination; Shootings; Trump, Donald
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Texas empties prison to prepare to detain immigrants arrested during ramped-up border enforcement
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San Antonio Express News
|
Oxner, R.
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06/19/2021
|
6 doc(s)
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Border security; Criminal Justice, Texas Department of; Dolph Briscoe Unit; Immigrant detention centers; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Prisons
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Texas border wall is political, not practical
|
Beaumont Enterprise
|
Editorial
|
06/18/2021
|
1 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Border barriers
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Abbott’s border wall shows he’s anything but serious about securing Texas
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Dallas Morning News
|
Editorial
|
06/18/2021
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6 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Border security; Patrick, Dan; Undocumented immigrants
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Gov. Abbott found way to make Texas border wall plan worse: begging public to donate
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram
|
Editorial
|
06/18/2021
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5 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Immigration enforcement; Trespassing; Trump, Donald
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Gov. Abbott, legislative leaders reallocated $250 million in state funds for border wall
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Austin American Statesman
|
Moritz, J.
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06/17/2021
|
2 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Blanco, César; Border barriers; Border security; Cuellar, Henry; Patrick, Dan
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Quick Take: As ‘wall governor,’ Abbott chooses years of headaches on chance that gambit may help him in 2022
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Dallas Morning News
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Garrett, R.
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06/17/2021
|
4 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Border barriers
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Gov. Greg Abbott to mix state ‘down payment,’ crowdsourcing to build Texas-Mexico border barrier
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Dallas Morning News
|
Morris, A.
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06/17/2021
|
6 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Border security; Castro, Julián; Trespassing; Undocumented immigrants
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Texas governor Greg Abbott promises ‘down payment’ as he details border wall plans
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram
|
Dearman, E.
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06/17/2021
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3 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Bonnen, Greg; Border barriers; Border security; Criminal Justice, Texas Department of; Facilities Commission, Texas; League of United Latin American Citizens; Nelson, Jane; Patrick, Dan; Phelan, Dade; State agency budgets
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State GOP will spend $250M on border wall
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Houston Chronicle
|
Wermund, B.
|
06/17/2021
|
4 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Border security; Trespassing; Undocumented immigrants; Vandalism
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Buying votes
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McAllen Monitor
|
Editorial
|
06/17/2021
|
2 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Border barriers
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Abbott signs orders to construct barriers, wall in Texas
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McAllen Monitor
|
Gonzalez, V.
|
06/17/2021
|
4 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Trump, Donald
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Abbott: Texas will set up fund for wall
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Abilene Reporter-News
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Moritz, J.
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06/16/2021
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1 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Border barriers
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Raising red flags
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McAllen Monitor
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Gonzalez, V.
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06/16/2021
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2 doc(s)
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Abbott, Greg; Border security; Cortez, Richard F.; County jails; Undocumented immigrants
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