February 5, 2016      4:54 PM
DPS Director tells Congress the Texas Legislature is aggressively pursuing border security
“…these increased efforts would not be possible without additional resources provided by Governor Abbott’s Office and the Texas Legislature," McCraw said.
Amid
recent political attacks by self-proclaimed conservative groups aimed at Texas
House Republicans over border security, the Director of the Department
of Public Safety Steve McCraw emphatically told Congress that the state's leadership is aggressively tackling the
issue.
In
testimony this week before the House Judiciary’s Subcommittee on
Immigration and Border Security, McCraw
sought to make it clear that the governor, the House and the Senate chose to make
a critical investment in border security.
“Governor
Greg Abbott and the Texas
Legislature understand that securing our nation’s border with Mexico is the
sovereign responsibility of the federal government, however, the federal
government has failed to adequately provide the appropriate resources to secure
our international border," McCraw told lawmakers
in DC. "That failure has forced the State of Texas to spend millions of
dollars of state money to fulfill what is a federal responsibility.”
By Scott Braddock
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