The lieutenant governor said the ongoing busing of migrants to D.C. and the enhanced inspection of trucks coming over the southern border into Texas last month, which clogged checkpoints for days and delayed deliveries, are efforts to get the federal government to sue Texas. “I want to force a showdown with the federal government.'
The lieutenant governor said the ongoing busing of migrants to D.C. and the enhanced inspection of trucks coming over the southern border into Texas last month, which clogged checkpoints for days and delayed deliveries, are efforts to get the federal government to sue Texas. "I want to force a showdown with the federal government.
That includes approximately $500 million that Gov. Greg Abbott pulled from other agencies, including DPS, to continue funding for this fiscal year that runs through August.But so far, there is little to show for the added expense. "If the Biden administration repeals Title 42, about a half a million people a month will come across the border," he claimed.
Laura Collins is the director at the Bush Institute SMU Economic Growth Initiative. She says it is hard to predict exactly how the end of Title 42 will impact migrant surges.
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