Dems demand U.S. Treasury probe on Texas shifting COVID funds to border security
Dallas Morning News
Gillman, T.
05/11/2022
6 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; American Rescue Plan Act; Border security; Budget execution authority; Castro, Joaquin; Escobar, Veronica; Federal aid; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Treasury, U.S. Department of the
Abbott support remains solid on border issues, but costs of wall aren’t popular, says new poll
Dallas Morning News
Solis, D.
02/01/2022
1 TX bill 11 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Border security; Children of immigrants; Gubernatorial campaigns; Public opinion polls
State agency chooses firms for border wall
San Antonio Express News
Garcia, U.
09/10/2021
1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Border barriers; Facilities Commission, Texas; State government contracts
$1.8B border security bill heads to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk
Austin American Statesman
Mekelburg, M.
09/02/2021
1 TX bill 4 doc(s)
Border barriers; Border security; Gutierrez, Roland; Lucio, Eddie, Jr.; Nelson, Jane; Patrick, Dan; State agency budgets; Zaffirini, Judith
Belying political hype, migrant surge is largely invisible in border communities
San Antonio Express News
Althaus, D.
08/29/2021
5 doc(s)
Border barriers; Border security; Unaccompanied minors; Undocumented immigrants; Villalobos, Javier
Texas Gov. Abbott’s border security plan with $1.8 billion boost advances over Democrats’ objections
Dallas Morning News
Garrett, R.
08/28/2021
1 TX bill 4 doc(s)
Bonnen, Greg; Border barriers; Border security; Moody, Joe; State budgets
Gov. Abbott seeks $1B for wall as Republicans push to triple Texas border security budget
Houston Chronicle
Scherer, J.
08/26/2021
1 TX bill 4 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Border security; Dominguez, Alex
Texas House panel backs Gov. Greg Abbott’s plan to nearly triple state spending on border security
Dallas Morning News
Garrett, R.
08/25/2021
1 TX bill 5 doc(s)
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
Abbott, GOP want to double Texas spending on border security with $1.77B in special session bill
Dallas Morning News
Garrett, R.
08/20/2021
1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Bonnen, Greg; Border barriers; Border security; Nelson, Jane; Public Safety, Texas Department of; State agency budgets; Undocumented immigrants
Donations for Abbott’s border wall dwindle
Austin American Statesman
Jankowski, P.
08/09/2021
2 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Border security; Gifts and donations; Gubernatorial campaigns; Public information
Abbott's border wall is a chain-link fence, built by soldiers in a community tired of political games
San Antonio Express News
Christenson, S.
08/01/2021
4 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Border security; Economic impact; Immigration policy; Owens, Lewis; Public Safety, Texas Department of; Texas National Guard; Undocumented immigrants; Val Verde County
Land commissioner sues White House over halt
Dallas Morning News
Garcia, U.
07/16/2021
5 doc(s)
Biden, Joe; Border barriers; Border security; Bush, George P.; Federal funds
Gov. Greg Abbott says he wants more funding for border security
Austin American Statesman
Moritz, J.
07/11/2021
3 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border security; County sheriffs
Our border problem lies in Washington, not in South Texas
Dallas Morning News
Nixon, D.
07/10/2021
4 doc(s)
Border security; Immigration policy
Almost 150 guards are staffing an empty Texas prison as state officials work on Gov. Greg Abbott’s plan to use it for immigrants
Houston Chronicle
McCullough, J.
07/09/2021
2 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border security; Correctional officer shortages; Correctional officers; Criminal Justice, Texas Department of; Dolph Briscoe Unit; Prisons; Undocumented immigrants
How much will Abbott's wall cost Texans?
San Antonio Express News
Editorial
07/09/2021
3 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Federal aid; Yellen, Janet
GOP donor funds South Dakota National Guard troops in Texas
Austin American Statesman
Groves, S.
06/30/2021
3 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Arkansas; Border barriers; Border security; Emergency Management Assistance Compact; Gifts and donations; Hutchinson, Asa; Iowa; National Guard; Nebraska; Noem, Kristi; South Dakota
Abbott amends disaster declaration, leaves out Laredo, others
Laredo Morning Times
Davis, Z.
06/30/2021
4 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Border security; Disaster areas
‘Border crisis’ estimates from Texas counties total about $25,000
McAllen Monitor
Gonzalez, V.
06/30/2021
2 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border security; Brown County; Counties; Economic impact; Hood County; Kinney County; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Undocumented immigrants
Democrats try to block Gov. Abbott from using COVID recovery funds on border wall
Houston Chronicle
Wermund, B.
06/29/2021
4 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Biden, Joe; Border barriers; Border security; Coronavirus; Federal aid; Immigration enforcement; Yellen, Janet
Gov. Greg Abbott and Donald Trump plan border visit to Texas: Here’s what to know
Corpus Christi Caller Times
Moritz, J.
06/28/2021
1 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Border security; Trump, Donald
Dems ask Yellen to block wall
Dallas Morning News
Gillman, T.
06/28/2021
4 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Border security; Coronavirus; Doggett, Lloyd; Federal aid; Yellen, Janet
Abbott’s $250M border wall, brought to you by Biden’s $1.9T COVID-19 bailout
Dallas Morning News
Gillman, T.
06/27/2021
5 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Border security; Doggett, Lloyd; Federal aid; Gonzalez, Vicente; Hinojosa, Gilberto; Trump, Donald
The most influential non-voter in Texas
Beaumont Enterprise
Ramsey, R.
06/26/2021
4 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Attorney General campaigns and elections; Bush, George P.; Gubernatorial candidates; Guzman, Eva; Huffines, Don; Miller, Sid; Paxton, Ken; Trump, Donald; West, Allen
VP Kamala Harris visits border today as administration struggles to house migrant children
Houston Chronicle
Wermund, B.
06/25/2021
6 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Biden, Joe; Border security; Cuellar, Henry; Harris, Kamala; Immigrant detention centers; Immigration policy; Mayorkas, Alejandro; Unaccompanied minors
Gov. Greg Abbott is using a disaster declaration to help fund a border wall. Democrats say it’s an overreach of executive powers.
San Antonio Express News
Barragan, J.
06/25/2021
5 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Border security; Disaster areas; Emergency management; Gonzales, Alberto R.; Gubernatorial powers; Turner, John
Texas border wall project receives over $450K in donations, a week after Gov. Greg Abbott announced plans
San Antonio Express News
Oxner, R.
06/24/2021
7 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Facilities Commission, Texas; Gifts and donations
Border wall lets Abbott score points
Dallas Morning News
Jeffers Jr., G.
06/21/2021
2 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Border security; DeSantis, Ron; Gubernatorial candidates
That border wall plan isn’t for Texas. It’s for Gov. Greg Abbott.
Austin American Statesman
Editorial
06/20/2021
5 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Border issues
Abbott's wall a monument to posturing
San Antonio Express News
Editorial
06/20/2021
5 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border barriers
Border residents fear more violence after ‘invasion’ rhetoric by Texas politicians
Dallas Morning News
Corchado, A.
06/19/2021
1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Border issues; Constitutional carry; Escobar, Veronica; Gun control; Immigration enforcement; Racial discrimination; Shootings; Trump, Donald
Texas empties prison to prepare to detain immigrants arrested during ramped-up border enforcement
San Antonio Express News
Oxner, R.
06/19/2021
6 doc(s)
Border security; Criminal Justice, Texas Department of; Dolph Briscoe Unit; Immigrant detention centers; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Prisons
Abbott’s border wall shows he’s anything but serious about securing Texas
Dallas Morning News
Editorial
06/18/2021
6 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Border security; Patrick, Dan; Undocumented immigrants
Gov. Abbott found way to make Texas border wall plan worse: begging public to donate
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Editorial
06/18/2021
5 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Immigration enforcement; Trespassing; Trump, Donald
Quick Take: As ‘wall governor,’ Abbott chooses years of headaches on chance that gambit may help him in 2022
Dallas Morning News
Garrett, R.
06/17/2021
4 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border barriers
Gov. Greg Abbott to mix state ‘down payment,’ crowdsourcing to build Texas-Mexico border barrier
Dallas Morning News
Morris, A.
06/17/2021
6 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Border security; Castro, Julián; Trespassing; Undocumented immigrants
Texas governor Greg Abbott promises ‘down payment’ as he details border wall plans
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Dearman, E.
06/17/2021
3 doc(s)
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
State GOP will spend $250M on border wall
Houston Chronicle
Wermund, B.
06/17/2021
4 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Border security; Trespassing; Undocumented immigrants; Vandalism
Abbott signs orders to construct barriers, wall in Texas
McAllen Monitor
Gonzalez, V.
06/17/2021
4 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Trump, Donald
