Abbott Announces Big Down Payment On Border Wall For Texas As DeSantis Sends Reinforcements

Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott announced during a press conference on Wednesday that state officials are making a major down payment on a border wall that is going to be built for the state to help respond to Democrat President Joe Biden’s border crisis.

In a letter, Abbott directed Bryan Collier, Executive Director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, to “transfer $250 million in General Revenue to the Disaster Fund within the Trusteed Programs within the Office of the Governor” for “a down payment to begin design and construction of physical barriers on voluntarily donated private and public lands that border this state and Mexico.”