Dewhurst Asks for Price Tag to Expand Border Operations
Months after Texas beefed up its border security presence in the Rio Grande Valley and deployed the Texas National Guard there in response to a record increase in illegal crossings, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst wants to know what it would cost to expand the projects through 2016.
In mid-June, Dewhurst, House Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Antonio and Gov. Rick Perry authorized a Department of Public Safety surge in the Rio Grande Valley that has an estimated cost of $1.3 million per week. In July, Perry ordered the deployment of up to 1,000 Texas National Guard members to the ...
Comments (9)
Mack Green
Citing success in combating the "surge", Reds will recall the National Guard within the month after the election only to be called up again before the 2016 election and a new ISIS/Ebola/terrorist/narcotrafficante/anchor baby/welfare mom/no I.D. voter/job stealer/free schooling/dias de Los Muertos satan worshipping invasion occurs.
Pat Evans via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Maybe Abbott can buy him a horse and let him ride up and down the border...give him a job.
Alan Alexander Arismendez via Texas Tribune on Facebook
We are not a war zone. Stop fear-mongering.
Scott Nicol via Texas Tribune on Facebook
"Epicenter of the transnational threat"? The only increase in crossings was in children fleeing violence - apprehensions overall are at levels not seen since the 1970's. those of us who live on the border will be glad when Dewhurst no longer has a megaphone so we don't have to hear his BS anymore.
Donna R. Crosby via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Waste on an epic level by the tx gop. The border is secure. What a joke.
Bill Blackmon via Texas Tribune on Facebook
You wanna defend Texas? Resign and take the Tea Party with you.
Wal Parnel via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Abbott has learned a lot from Perryon the"Fear Mongering",policy methods, define
Daryl Corbin via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Is he asking as a Taxpayer? My understanding is that he's out of a job come next week.
Mark Coomes via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Why does Dewhurst care? He is on the way out.