ImmigrationFinding
Texas should keep spending state money on border security operations and border barriers.
Since 2021 Texas has spent about $11 billion on state border operations, including troops, arrests and barrier construction. The state has sought federal reimbursement for part of those costs.
Greg Abbott
Under Operation Lone Star, Texas allocated more than $11 billion of Texas taxpayer money for border security, and earlier this year I requested Congress reimburse Texas for these costs in full.
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- Confidence
- High (0.85)
- Review
- Verified AI research, accepted by the VoteVera editor on Sep 30, 2026.
Accepted sources
A challenge counts in full when its evidence link comes from:
- Greg Abbott's verified accounts and sites.
- Official site gov.texas.gov/governor-abbott (How verified)
- X @govabbottpress (How verified)
- Facebook @texasgovernor (How verified)
- Instagram @govabbott (How verified)
- YouTube ucqtttg2cggqdmmyr1s0q5hw (How verified)
- Official government sites. congress.gov, senate.gov, house.gov, govinfo.gov, fec.gov, sos.state.tx.us, sos.texas.gov, state.tx.us, texas.gov
- Archived snapshots of any of these pages (web.archive.org).
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