Topic: Texas Border Coalition

Texas group warns of weaknesses at land ports

AP News - 826 days ago
Border advocacy group says $6 billion, 5,000 inspectors needed to bolster land port securityThe country's understaffed land ports of entry need massive investments in infrastructure, technology and personnel to avoid becoming the path of choice for human and drug smugglers ...

$50 million promised to soften border fence impact

AP News - 1127 days ago
Homeland Security commits $50M for projects to soften US border fence's environmental impactThe Department of Homeland Security will allocate as much as $50 million to mitigate the environmental impact of the U.S.-Mexico border fence ordered by the Bush administration ...