After teasing border security rollback, Texas plunges in deeper

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Days after President Donald Trump was elected back to the White House, Texas’ Republican leaders floated the idea that the state might trim its border security budget, which reached $11 billion over the last four years during the Biden administration. A couple weeks into Trump’s second term, away with all that.
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