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Static Between Straus and Patrick on Border Security Plan

Texas’ top statewide officials are not seeing eye to eye on the critical issue of border security. Public statements by Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick (R) and Speaker of the House Joe Straus (R-San Antonio) seemed to indicate static between the leaders of the two chambers of the Legislature, and Breitbart Texas was unable to confirm if Patrick, Straus, or Governor Greg Abbott had communicated with each other before a press conference held by Patrick on Tuesday at the Capitol.

Illegal Immigration/Unaccompanied Minors

Over 90 Percent of Illegal Immigrants from Border Surge Skipped Hearings

Among the thousands of families and unaccompanied alien children (UACs) who streamed across the U.S.-Mexico border this year who were ordered removed from the country but had not been retained in custody, over ninety percent of those removal orders are not being completed because the immigrants failed to appear at the required hearing and, in most cases, officials have no real answers about how to track them down.