Poor Texas Border County Refuses Help; Criminal Aliens Rejoice
avatar By Bob Dane February 8, 2022 No Comments
Starr County, one of the poorest in Texas, has turned down state financial assistance to help stanch the surge of illegal aliens crossing the Rio Grande.
Refusing to declare a border emergency, County Judge Eloy Vera worries instead that jailing criminal migrants would cost Starr millions of dollars in federal contracts.
“We only have 270 beds, of which we lease out to the feds and neighboring counties quite a few. And we receive around $3-$3.5 million annually, from these leases. If we fill them with our local prisoners, that goes to zero,” Vera said.
Vera’s reasoning strikes more Starr County residents as absurd, since local officials, by refusing to declare a border emergency, are foregoing Operation Lone Star (OLS) grants to fund additional jail space and law-enforcement resources. Residents marvel that Wilson County, two hours north of the border, recently received $400,000 in OLS funds while Starr didn’t even apply.
https://www.immigrationreform.com/2022/02/08/texas-county-refusing-state-border-assistance-immigrationreform-com/
