Texas Governor Greg Abbott uses $250million of state funds to build his OWN border wall - as Florida's DeSantis sends cops to Lone Star State to bolster patrols
Governor Abbott said on Wednesday Texas will build its own border wall
Initial $250 million funding will come from state's Criminal Justice Department
Texas is also soliciting donations from the public to fund the effort
Abbott slams Biden administration for 'abandoning' effort to secure the border
Illegal border crossings hit a 20-year high in May, with 180,000 apprehended
Also Wednesday, Florida Governor DeSantis sent state police to the border
He was responding to a plea from assistance from Texas and Arizona governors
By Keith Griffith For Dailymail.com
Published: 19:19 EDT, 16 June 2021 | Updated: 03:09 EDT, 17 June 2021
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has announced $250 million in state funding for a state-constructed border wall, as his Florida counterpart Ron DeSantis dispatched law enforcement personnel to assist border patrols in Texas and Arizona.
The moves, announced on Wednesday, signal that Republican governors are increasingly taking the surge in illegal border crossings into their own hands, as they accuse the Biden administration of dereliction.
It follows new federal data showing that illegal crossings hit a 20-year high in May, when 180,034 migrants were detained at the southern border, the vast majority of them adults traveling alone.
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