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Texas stops providing new funding for border wall construction
- Texas has stopped allocating new funds for border wall construction along its 1,200-mile border with Mexico according to the latest state budget.
- This change follows the approval of a $3.4 billion border security budget that reallocates resources to Operation Lone Star and law enforcement agencies.
- Initiated by Governor Abbott in March 2021, Operation Lone Star involves a collaborative effort between state military forces and law enforcement agencies to detain undocumented immigrants.
- Governor Abbott asserts that Operation Lone Star prevented over 140,000 unauthorized border crossings and resulted in upwards of 50,000 arrests, while opponents argue that the border wall has not achieved its intended goals and has caused environmental damage.
- The state will sustain limited border barrier work with $2.5 billion from prior funds, but its focus now emphasizes enforcement and federal partnership rather than further wall construction.
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