The vote followed a committee hearing where the developer of a neighborhood called Colony Ridge had to push back yet again against claims his property was attracting dangerous immigrants and running rampant with crime.
The Texas Senate on Tuesday passed legislation that funds more than $1.5 billion for construction of state-built border walls and other barriers on the Southern border.
Republicans were unfazed at the costs, however, and cited the record level of unauthorized crossings into Texas under the Biden administration as justification for the spending. After the vote, Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick admonished the Biden administration while taking credit for the state’s effort to construct its own barrier.
The bill now heads to the Texas House, which has already passed its own border security funding bill. House Bill 6 allots about the same amount and has been referred to a Senate committee for further consideration. Either version could head to Abbott’s desk for his signature. The current special session ends next week.Earlier Tuesday, a panel of lawmakers heard testimony about a development in southeast Texas called Colony Ridge.
“We’ve heard a lot of outlandish stories and as I think a lot of people are coming to realize, most of them weren’t true,” he said.
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