{"id":14564,"date":"2017-07-19T13:36:07","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T17:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=14564"},"modified":"2018-12-28T12:43:34","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T17:43:34","slug":"years-footing-bill-president-trump-finally-offers-texas-border-security-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2017\/07\/19\/years-footing-bill-president-trump-finally-offers-texas-border-security-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"After Years of Footing the Bill, President Trump Finally Offers Texas Border Security Funds"},"content":{"rendered":"
For years, former Governor of Texas Rick Perry and current Governor Gregg Abbott constantly requested that the Federal government do its job and help them secure the border. Their requests were ignored, so the state invested hundreds of millions of their own budget into securing the more than 1,250-mile border, complete with 28 international bridges and border crossings, it shares with Mexico.<\/p>\n