When the White House nominated him earlier this year, Chris Magnus was praised by the Biden administration as a “progressive police leader.”
About 192,000 foreign individuals were apprehended in September, capping off an extraordinary year of illegal immigration.
This summer, Gov. Greg Abbott set up a crowdfunding campaign for the Texas border wall project, which is receiving heavy taxpayer funding.
Border security is a hot-button issue in the race for the Texas governor’s mansion.
The number of enforcement encounters in August went down for the first time since President Biden took office.
In the coming weeks, the Facilities Commission is expected to finalize arrangements with the border wall program manager.
Tens of thousands have been referred to federal immigration authorities for being illegally present in the country.
Sheriffs from counties along the southern border testified in favor of the bill at a Texas House Appropriations Committee hearing.
Texas and Missouri both sued the Biden administration in April to prevent the termination of the Migrant Protection Protocols.
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Republican Land Commissioner George P. Bush points to the funding that Congress allocated toward the border wall.
With his unfinished border wall in the background, Trump also commended Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Attorney General Ken Paxton.
