Texas has stopped putting new money toward building a US-Mexico border wall, shifting course after installing only a fraction of the hundreds of miles of barrier that Gov. Greg Abbott set out to construct four years ago. State lawmakers this month approved a new Texas budget that doesn't include continued funding for the wall, which had been a multibillion-dollar priority for Abbott as part of a sprawling immigration crackdown. On Tuesday, Abbott's office said President Trump's aggressive efforts to curb immigration allowed the state to adjust, per the AP.
- "Thanks to President Trump's bold leadership, the federal government is finally fulfilling its obligation to secure the southern border and deport criminal illegal immigrants," an Abbott spokesman said. "Because of these renewed federal assets in Texas, our state can now adjust aspects of state-funded border security efforts."