The New York Post ran a story on May 19, claiming that El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego would declare a state of emergency in anticipation of a surge of immigrants after Title 42 lifts.
According to Texas economist Ray Perryman, Governor Abbott’s decision/political stunt to inspect all commercial trucks coming into the state from Mexico cost El Paso about 1.3 billion dollars.
According to the city of El Paso, "Two significant projects will receive a total of more than $1.5 million as part of the Bipartisan Omnibus Appropriations Bill
U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzalez, R-San Antonio, returned all the campaign money donated by local business leader Woody Hunt. Now he's calling for an investigation.
The National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas closed for three days last week because of what they called, “credible threats” from right-wing extremists.