Even as border crossings drop, Gov. Greg Abbott continues to build more border walls, now targeting Laredo, a city that has ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R ... He added the cost is “one-tenth” that of a border wall. He spent $850,000 on an initial 1,000-foot-long barrier of buoys to be anchored in concrete along the ...

Granite Construction has won a $70-million contract for seven miles of new border wall in Hidalgo County, Texas, while environmental rules will be waived to restart three projects near San Diego.

If approved, the appropriation would increase the tab for the state’s border security spending to nearly $18 billion since 2021, when Gov. Greg Abbott began the state’s own crackdown ...