Thanks to the efforts of the Texas delegation in the House, this bill includes money to reimburse the state of Texas for border security measures that were undertaken in the absence of the federal government doing its job during the Biden administration, Our international border is a federal responsibility. But in the absence of the Biden administration, enforcing the law, the state of Texas had no alternative but to implement Operation Lone Star, to provide the Department of Public … (21:23–21:27)
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Asserts that managing the international border is the responsibility of the federal government.
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