Billion-dollar investment to secure border under Biden a success, say Texas leaders

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Illegal immigration at the southern border began to rise to historic highs last March.
49% : Federal law enforcement up and down the 2,000-mile southern border went from encountering fewer than 75,000 noncitizens in December 2020 to topping 150,000 -- even 200,000 -- each month over the past year, according to federal data.
46% : They created a wall of vehicles to deter more people from crossing, ultimately allowing the Border Patrol to get a hold of the situation and process through the estimated 15,000 people living under the bridge.
39% : "The border wall has exasperated that problem.
30% : The liberal nonprofit group Every Texan, formerly known as the Center for Public Policy Priorities, is concerned about Abbott's plan to put up more border wall in addition to the 450 miles that went up during the Trump administration.
27% : "Because Biden has Border Patrol babysitting people who are coming across the border and doing paper, processing work, it is Texas law enforcement that has to fill the gap that's left open," said Abbott.
15% : In December, the state began installing a border wall that was left over from Trump-era projects that the Biden administration barred from being carried out.

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