You do realize it is the FedGov’s responsibility to secure the borders, don’t you? It is one of the few things the FedGov is actually mandated by the Constitution to do. It falls under “national defense and security.” This administration has refused to spend any resources on the border, forcing the states to have to deal with it. Texas has a balanced budget, madated by the Texas Constitution, so we can’t spend money we don’t have on border security. Arizona is trying do their own fence, financed by donations, and the FedGov is suing them. Why don’t you tell us what you would do, given those constraints?
The federal government is not about to pay tax payer monies on a border who’s governor wants it an open border. He’s already go tmore than any other state from the government and it’s not working. When Perry gets serious about closed borders and cleaning out the sewer there...then our Gov. can talk. But it is beyond astounding any would throw any more money on Texas border to ‘Protect Texans robust industries” there....and on the Mexico border. Mexico and Texas can and should handle their own security if they require the border remains oppen for all the commerce they do there.