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Lee wrote:
With only 8% built, Texas quietly
defunds state border wall program
JUNE 17, 2025
Four years after Gov. Greg Abbott
announced Texas would be the first
state to build its own border wall,
lawmakers have quietly stopped
funding the project, leaving only
scattered segments covering a small
fraction of the border.
That decision, made in the waning
hours of this year�s legislative
session, leaves the future of the
state wall unclear. Just 8% of the
805 miles the state identified for
construction is complete, which
has cost taxpayers more than $3
billion to date. The Texas Tribune
reported last year that the wall
is full of gaps that migrants and
smugglers can easily walk around
and mostly concentrated on
sprawling ranches in rural areas,
where illegal border crossings are
less likely to occur.
State leaders suggested the federal
government could pick up the effort.
However, during President Donald
Trump�s first term, when wall
building was his top priority,
his administration completed just
21 miles in Texas � about a third
of what the state was able to build
over the past four years.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/06/17/texas-border-wall-funding-ends-abb >ott-trump/?_bhlid=02d4edfd6eca61033ea88bc31c35fb8f12182c31&fbclid=IwQ0xDSw >K-o71leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHrWIzMqr3mkHOVZFVO8bcTedLIz7xSExv-iK9EcTDoWtHzUTm9R7 >gvTFvskU_aem_ZNEHSJH3SBB322B7-8EyPg
If the Abbott-Wall keeps even one furriner out, the $3 billion will be well spent.
Pay for it thru more tax cuts for the rich!
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