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Michelly Teixeira

Texas Official Wants to Give Trump Even More Land to Help With Mass Deportations: 'I Have 13 Million Acres'

Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham proposes offering more land near the border for deportation facilities, expanding a plan that includes 1,400 acres for the initiative. (Credit: THOMAS WATKINS/AFP via Getty Images)

After offering over 1,400 acres of land for "deportation facilities," Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham now suggests that additional land along the state's border could also be offered up to assist with the incoming Trump administration's mass deportation plans.

"We have 13 million acres, and if any of them can be of help in this process, we're happy to have that discussion," Buckingham told ABC News. The 1,402-acre plot was purchased in October as part of Texas' broader border security efforts, which also include the construction of a border wall.

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