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The government’s astir basal work is to support its citizens safe. President Joe Biden woefully neglected to fulfill this obligation, allowing our borders to beryllium overrun by millions of unvetted amerciable immigrants, transgression aliens and cartels smuggling deadly synthetic opioids.
Far from Washington, border states like Texas were near to endure the consequences. Texas spent billions of dollars connected Operation Lone Star successful an effort to abate this catastrophe.
We each beryllium Gov. Greg Abbott a indebtedness of gratitude for doing what the Biden administration wouldn’t, but we besides owe Texas a monetary debt. Now the measure is due: it’s time for the national authorities to pay Texas taxpayers back.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and erstwhile President Joe Biden
From the infinitesimal helium arrived astatine 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, President Biden reversed the erstwhile administration’s palmy migration policies: helium ended President Donald Trump’s "Remain successful Mexico" policy; directed DHS to halt operation of the border wall, alternatively utilizing national funds to store partition materials; and ended Title 42, the COVID-era argumentation that was our past enactment of defence against the migrant surge.
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President Biden oversaw a situation connected our southern border that acold surpassed amerciable migration numbers from anterior decades. In Biden’s 4 years, CBP encountered over 10 million illegal immigrants. More than 1.7 cardinal known gotaways evaded Border Patrol wholly and are freely roaming determination successful the interior of our country.
Hundreds of thousands of Americans died from overdose of synthetic opioids, including fentanyl, a cause manufactured with Chinese precursor chemicals and smuggled done our open border by cause cartels. Innocent Americans specified arsenic Laken Riley and Jocelyn Nungaray died astatine the hands of amerciable migrant criminals.
Despite the immigration authorities that were already disposable to President Biden, helium threw up his hands, claiming that determination was thing much helium could bash – each portion his Homeland Security secretary reassured the nationalist that the border was "secure." But facts don’t lie. The full satellite knew America’s borders were wide open.
This tragic situation was felt astir acutely in Texas. My authorities shares the longest border with Mexico, and with the president missing successful enactment successful the midst of a disaster, Gov. Abbott had to intervene.
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Under Operation Lone Star, Texas law enforcement apprehended implicit fractional a cardinal amerciable immigrants, including much than 50,000 transgression arrests. They built much than 240 miles of border barriers, seized implicit fractional a cardinal deadly doses of fentanyl and reduced amerciable migration into Texas by 87%, according to the governor. However, these efforts outgo upwards of $11 billion, a beauteous penny for Texans to pay for the basal information and security that the national authorities owes its people.
If determination is immoderate lingering question that President Biden’s policies are to blame for the messiness we saw astatine our southern border, consider President Trump’s swift occurrence successful reversing the damage. As soon helium was elected and adjacent earlier helium took office, the migrant flows began to subside.
In the archetypal 2 weeks of 2025, CBP encounters were nearly 50% lower than they were astatine the aforesaid constituent successful 2021, astatine the commencement of the Biden administration. In President Trump’s archetypal 100 days successful office, daily border encounters decreased by 95%.
This melodramatic oversea alteration resulted from President Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s commonsense policies. On day one, President Trump declared a nationalist exigency astatine the southern border. He ended President Biden’s "catch and release" argumentation and reinstated his ain tried-and-tested "Remain successful Mexico" policy. ICE arrests have increased by much than 600%, portion arrests of transgression migrants have doubled.
The Trump administration’s policies are a invited alteration from the past 4 years of catastrophe nether the Biden administration. But the damage Texas experienced and the fiscal sacrifice we made for the bully of the country must be afloat repaid.
The national authorities under President Biden created this crisis, and Congress must rectify it. Texans person had to carnivore the brunt of open borders, rampant transgression and deadly fentanyl for four years, costing the authorities billions of dollars to capable in for our absentee commandant successful chief.
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In precocious January, Gov. Abbott asked Congress to reimburse Texas for the $11.1 cardinal that Texas taxpayers spent. I instantly began moving successful concern with President Trump, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Texas Republicans successful the House, to ensure Congress fulfills this petition done the reconciliation bill, besides known arsenic the "One Big Beautiful Bill."
Rep. Chip Roy attends President Donald Trump's code to a associated league of Congress astatine the U.S. Capitol connected March 4, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Texas Republicans marque up the largest Republican delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives; frankincense the talker could not walk a measure without enactment from this cardinal voting bloc. It was unacceptable that the archetypal substance of the authorities released by the House did not reimburse Texas.
But acknowledgment to coordinating efforts with Congressman Chip Roy, R-Texas, connection to reimburse states like Texas was added to the authorities during the amendment process, and the House passed these provisions successful the One Big Beautiful Bill.
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The adjacent hurdle is to shepherd our reimbursement provisions done the Senate. I volition proceed moving with Leader Thune, Gov. Abbott and President Trump to guarantee the Senate includes adjacent stronger connection successful the One Big Beautiful Bill and that Texas specifically volition beryllium rightfully repaid for Operation Lone Star. I volition proceed warring to guarantee this connection remains successful the last mentation of the One Big Beautiful Bill that volition spell to the president’s desk.
The roadworthy to triumph is long, but if there’s 1 happening america Texans cognize however to bash it’s to enactment the people and defy the odds. President Biden abdicated his work arsenic commandant successful main astatine the southern border. It’s present up to Congress to reverse the harm and make Texas taxpayers whole.
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