In his letter to the executive director of the Department of Criminal justice, the governor said it will now be up to legislative leaders to find the money to repay the agency. I think this is why we have a legislative process, so the governor can't just move things and then say, okay, legislators, go figure out after I did this where the money should come from. A Department of Criminal justice spokesman says that starting yesterday, the agency began moving inmates from the Dolph Briscoe prison in Dilley, Texas, to other facilities to make room for those arrested on state crimes at the border. (01:20–01:31)
CLAIM
Asserts that the legislative process exists to prevent unilateral financial decisions by the governor without legislative input.
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