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- President Joe Biden met with Texas gov. Greg Abbott throughout a go to to the US-Mexico border Sunday.
- Abbott renewed his requires the federal government to ship funds to Texas to deal with the border.
- Since April, Texas has spent tens of millions of {dollars} busing migrants to locations like DC and Chicago.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Sunday throughout President Joe Biden’s go to to the border that the state “desperately needs more money” to deal with the difficulty.
After assembly with Biden, Abbott took questions from reporters in which one requested if he deliberate to ask the federal government to ship Texas additional funds to assist tackle the historic surge in unlawful immigration.
“One hundred percent. Texas desperately needs more money,” Abbott said. “I know the Republicans in the US House have committed to providing Texas the money that we need. We just finished over the past two years spending 4 billion of Texas taxpayer dollars for Texas to fill the gap caused by the Biden administration.”
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Abbott has beforehand called on the federal government to reimburse the state for its border efforts and said additional sources, together with the National Guard. From October 2020 to October 2021, Border Patrol encountered 1.7 million migrants trying to cross the US-Mexico border illegally, the very best quantity in more than 7o years.
In April, Abbott started chartering busses to drop migrants off in different elements of the country, like Washington, DC, and Chicago, with out giving these cities any discover — a program that Texas has spent tens of millions of {dollars} on.
Texas had spent $12 million on the efforts as of August, the Texas Tribune reported on the time. By November, the quantity spent busing migrants out of state had risen to $20 million, in line with native outlet WFAA.
Abbott’s office didn’t instantly reply to Insider’s request for remark.
