{"id":1526793,"date":"2022-06-23T13:19:05","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T17:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1526793"},"modified":"2022-06-23T13:19:24","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T17:19:24","slug":"texas-congressman-wants-biden-admin-to-pick-up-the-bill-for-states-1-5-billion-border-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-congressman-wants-biden-admin-to-pick-up-the-bill-for-states-1-5-billion-border-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Congressman Wants Biden Admin To Pick Up The Bill For State\u2019s $1.5 Billion Border Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftexas-congressman-wants-biden-admin-to-pick-up-the-bill-for-states-1-5-billion-border-security%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1526793&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Texas Republican Rep. Pat Fallon introduced a bill last week to request the federal government to reimburse his state for $1.5 billion in border security.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cLone Star Reimbursement Act\u201d would require the Department of Defense to pay Texas back for the cost of Operation Lone Star \u2014 which was launched in response to the border surge during the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a border state, Texas is disproportionally impacted by illegal immigration, but we shouldn\u2019t be forced to bear the entire financial burden when it comes to securing the entire country,\u201d Fallon said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/fallon.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/congressman-pat-fallon-introduces-lone-star-reimbursement-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGov. Abbott launched Operation Lone Star because of a lack of action from this administration. Texas shouldn\u2019t be punished for Biden\u2019s mistake and my Lone Star Reimbursement Act recognizes this,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow Representative August Pfluger(R-TX) voiced his support for the proposed legislation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTexas has spent nearly $1.5 billion on border security \u2013 a responsibility that should NOT fall on Texans,\u201d he wrote. \u201cOur plan sends the invoice for the border crisis where it belongs: the President\u2019s desk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8I&#8217;ve joined <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepPatFallon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepPatFallon<\/a> in introducing the LONE STAR REIMBURSEMENT ACT. <br \/>Texas has spent nearly $1.5 billion on border security \u2013 a responsibility that should NOT fall on Texans. <br \/>Our plan sends the invoice for the border crisis where it belongs: the President\u2019s desk. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qmt89BkE7z\">pic.twitter.com\/Qmt89BkE7z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. August Pfluger (@RepPfluger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepPfluger\/status\/1539336822454636545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott took to Twitter on Wednesday to thank Fallon for his efforts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks U.S. Rep. Pat Fallon for the \u2018Lone Star Reimbursement Act,\u2019\u201d Abbott <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregAbbott_TX\/status\/1539808386711277568\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a>. \u201cIt would force the Feds to reimburse Texas for the state\u2019s border security initiative. The bill notes Texas has arrested 134,000 illegal immigrants &#038; denied entry to 16,700.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The legislation is co-sponsored by 11 Texas Republican House members. Rep. Michael Burgess, one of the co-sponsors, argued Texas should not be forced to pick up the tab for the Biden administration\u2019s border failures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Biden Border Crisis is turning every state into a border state; however, Texas should not be bearing the sole cost to secure our southern border. I have offered amendments to appropriations bills to repay Texas for its leadership and hard work to protect Americans. I appreciate my friend Pat Fallon for joining this fight with the Lonestar Reimbursement Act,\u201d he wrote in the press release.<\/p>\n<p>Texas Republican Rep. Michael Cloud added that his state \u201cmust be reimbursed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Biden administration failed the American people by abandoning their Constitutional duty to secure our southern border. Texas stepped up, at their own expense, to do the job the Biden administration relinquished. Texas must be reimbursed,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Texas has already shifted approximately $1 billion in federal COVID-19 funding as part of Operation Lone Star, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2022\/05\/09\/texas-federal-coronavirus-border-greg-abbott\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to<\/a> a report by the Texas Tribune. The new legislation would request funding for additional funding not already covered by federal funds.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to enhanced border security along the state\u2019s southern border, Texas has started construction of fencing along key portions of its border with Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>Abbott <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/its-official-texas-border-wall-construction-begins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> in December that the construction of the state\u2019s border wall had begun.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTexas has officially started building its own border wall,\u201d Abbott tweeted.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Texas has officially started building its own border wall.<\/p>\n<p>Biden allows open border policies and refuses to enforce laws passed by Congress to secure the border and enforce immigration laws. <\/p>\n<p>Texas is stepping up to do the federal government\u2019s job. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K7CbIPs75p\">https:\/\/t.co\/K7CbIPs75p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregAbbott_TX\/status\/1471899869719810055?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiden allows open border policies and refuses to enforce laws passed by Congress to secure the border and enforce immigration laws,\u201d the governor added. \u201cTexas is stepping up to do the federal government\u2019s job.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Republican Rep. Pat Fallon introduced a bill last week to request the federal government to reimburse his state for $1.5 billion in border security. The \u201cLone Star Reimbursement Act\u201d would require the Department of Defense to pay Texas back for the cost of Operation Lone Star \u2014 which was launched in response to the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":1526862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1526793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1526793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1526793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1526793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1526862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1526793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1526793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1526793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}