Texas lawmakers weigh spending $1.5 billion on more border barriers. Experts say walls alone won't stop migrants.
Source: Texas Tribune
Texas lawmakers weigh spending $1.5 billion on more border barriers. Experts say walls alone won’t stop migrants.
The House Appropriations Committee passed House Bill 6 on Monday. If it becomes law, the bill would fund an estimated 50 miles of new barriers at the 1,200-mile Texas-Mexico border.
BY URIEL J. GARCÍA
OCT. 23, 2023
3 HOURS AGO
A state House committee approved a $1.5 billion proposal Monday that would allow Gov. Greg Abbott to continue his efforts to build border barriers along different parts of the 1,200-mile Texas-Mexico border.
The state House Appropriations Committee voted 14-9 in favor of House Bill 6.
State Rep. Jacey Jetton, R-Richmond, the bill’s sponsor, said there is a dire need for Texas to build more border barriers because of the historically high number of migrants crossing.
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