Republican state Rep. Bryan Slaton filed an amendment to the proposed state budget for the 2022-2023 biennium.
The East Texas Republican wants to name the state’s portion of the project the “President Donald J. Trump Wall.”
President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Wednesday to end Trump’s emergency declaration and effectively halt construction of the border wall.
Authorities report that the number of encounters along the southern border has continued to increase, with a greater amount of single adults outside of Mexico.
Border apprehensions leveled out after a six-month incline, but the total sets a record high for November.
Border apprehensions in October rose to the highest levels since summer of 2019 and is the highest tally for the month of October compared to past years.
Officials in the Trump administration say that construction of the new border wall is making significant progress.
Customs and Border Protection reports seizing over six tons of marijuana worth more than $2.5 million at the World Trade Bridge in Laredo.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection awarded a new $275 million contract for the construction of a 14-mile long border wall section near Laredo.
The Department of Defense approved the transfer of $3.8 billion from U.S. Navy and Air Force programs to be used for border wall construction instead.
The legitimacy of so-called nationwide injunctions issued from lower court judges is an ongoing debate in legal circles.
Democratic presidential candidates congregated in Atlanta for the fifth debate of the primary. There are 74 days until the Iowa caucuses in early February.
As the Trump administration moves forward with border wall construction, eminent domain could mean a loss of land for some Texans.
President Trump's emergency declaration to build a wall along the southern border was blocked in a Senate vote that included 11 Republicans in opposition.
