Abbott says Texas border safer than before

Abbott says Texas border safer than beforeKHOU

WESLACO, Texas (AP) – Attorney General Greg Abbott says he sees “measurable and meaningful results” from the $1.3 million per week in added border security spending Gov. Rick Perry ordered a week ago.

Abbott, who’s the Republican nominee for governor, said Friday in Weslaco that there has been no increase in crime and may have actually been a decrease in illegal activity. He credits the amount of law enforcement at all levels working at the border in the face of a surge of illegal immigration.
    
Abbott said “the border area in Texas is more safe from crime than it has been before.” He offered no details on the measurable results.
    
On June 18, Perry had said, “we will not sit idly by while the safety and security of our citizens are threatened.”

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