This weekend: Million-dollar coke bust at Pharr Bridge
Tue, 2014-12-02 18:59
News Staff
The state-funded buildup of law enforcement at the Texas border will continue into next year, as officials Monday approved another $86 million to keep the operation afloat. The Legislative Budget Board unanimously approved the increased spending on the high-profile border surge operation that began in June in response to an influx of undocumented immigrants from Central America. The new round of money will pay to station hundreds of Department of Public Safety officers at the border through August, but only fund the deployment of National Guard troops there through March.
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