AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 21 -- The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts issued the following news release:
Texas Comptroller Don Huffines today said the approximately $7.5 billion the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has approved to reimburse Texas for border security costs is the first installment of what the federal government owes the state.
"This is step one in making Texas whole," Huffines said. "Thanks to President Trump, we finally have a federal government with a responsible border security policy that stopped the flow of illegal aliens into our state. Texas taxpayers were forced to pay the bill because the Biden administration, in cahoots with a cartel-controlled Mexican government, refused to enforce the law and opened our borde...