After teasing border security rollback, Texas plunges in deeper

Texas National Guard members on the banks of the Rio Grand at Shelby Park in Eagle Pass on Jan. 16, 2024. (Credit: Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune)

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Days after President Donald Trump was elected back to the White House, Texas’ Republican leaders floated the idea that the state might trim its border security budget, which reached $11 billion over the last four years during the Biden administration.