Throughout the Joe Biden administration, Texas suffered from an unprecedented wave of illegal migration resulting from the president’s failure to secure our southern border. Texas was forced to step up, and Gov. Greg Abbott created Operation Lone Star, a multi-pronged effort to try and secure the border. Earlier this year, Abbott asked Congress to reimburse our state for the $11 billion that he should never have had to spend to keep Texans safe as millions of migrants illegally entered our country.

In response, I began immediately taking steps in the Senate to ensure that this request was fulfilled in President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill. The task was not easy, and the naysayers were many. But Texans have never backed down from a fight, and I am proud to have ultimately secured

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