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Fund additional border security efforts
This is a Kept promise.
Budget increases state funding for border security
Updated: Wednesday, July 6th, 2011 | By Meghan Ashford-Grooms
During this year’s legislative session, the state faced a multibillion-dollar revenue shortfall, and key areas such as public and higher education saw their funding cut in 2012-13. Did border security programs suffer?
No.
In his Feb. 8 state of the state address, Perry said the state should continue “our investment in border security because the threat of cross-border violence has only grown as the drug wars escalate.”
The Legislative Budget Board, which advises lawmakers on budgetary matters, says border security funding was nearly doubled in the 2012-13 budget that Perry signed into law.