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Former President Trump Joins TX Gov. Abbott At Unfinished Border Wall PHARR, TEXAS - JUNE 30: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott listens to former President Donald Trump's address during a tour to an unfinished section of the border wall on June 30, 2021 in Pharr, Texas. Gov. Abbott has pledged to build a state-funded border wall between Texas and Mexico as a surge of mostly Central American immigrants crossing into the United States has challenged U.S. immigration agencies. So far in 2021, U.S. Border Patrol agents have apprehended more than 900,000 immigrants crossing into the United States on the southern border. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Gov. Greg Abbott Signs ‘Save Women’s Sports Act’

Governor Greg Abbott held a ceremony in Denton, Texas, where he signed Senate Bill 15. The legislation concerns collegiate athletes in the state of Texas who compete on sports teams segregated by players’ “biological sex.”

TOPSHOT-US-MEXICO-POLITICS-LATAM-MIGRATION-MIGRANT-IMMIGRATION TOPSHOT - Migrants walk by a string of buoys placed on the water along the Rio Grande border with Mexico in Eagle Pass, Texas, on July 16, 2023. The buoy installation is part of an operation Texas is pursuing to secure its borders, but activists and some legislators say Governor Greg Abbott is exceeding his authority. (Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO / AFP) (Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP via Getty Images)

2 Bodies Found At US-Mexico Border in Rio Grande

Two bodies were found near the United States-Mexico border in Rio Grande. One of the bodies was floating along the separation barrier between the countries.

DALLAS, TX - JULY 08: Texas Governor Greg Abbott speaks at Dallas's City Hall near the area that is still an active crime scene in downtown Dallas following the deaths of five police officers last night on July 8, 2016 in Dallas, Texas. Five police officers were killed and seven others were injured in the evening ambush during a march against recent police involved shootings. Investigators are saying the suspect is 25-year-old Micah Xavier Johnson of Mesquite, Texas. This is the deadliest incident for U.S. law enforcement since September 11. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Texas Governor Defies DOJ Doubling Down On Rio Grande Floating Barriers

On Sunday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott took to Twitter to inform the Biden administration that Texas refuses to comply with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) amid plans to file a lawsuit against the state for a floating border barricade in the Rio Grande.

Buoy barriers are prepared for installation during a water-based border operation in Eagle Pass, Texas, on July 9, 2023. A Texas businessman has filed a lawsuit in a bid to stop the state's governor from placing huge buoys in the Rio Grande to block migrants trying to cross the river, the man's lawyer said July 8. "New marine barrier installation on the Rio Grande begins today," Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, said July 7 on Twitter, in a post that included video of workers unloading huge orange buoys from flat-bed trucks. (Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO / AFP) (Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP via Getty Images)

Mexico Files Complaint Over Texas’ Floating Barrier On Rio Grande

Mexico’s Foreign Relations Secretary said that she has sent a diplomatic note to the United States government to express the concerns of the Mexican government regarding Texas’ deployment of floating barriers on the Rio Grande.

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - MARCH 30: A general view of the Texas state flag during the first round of the Valero Texas Open at TPC San Antonio on March 30, 2023 in San Antonio, Texas. (Photo by Mike Mulholland/Getty Images)

Texas House and Senate approve ‘biggest property tax cut in Texas history’

After weeks of debate, the Texas House and Senate have reached an agreement in principle on a $18 billion proposal that will “deliver the biggest property tax cut in Texas history.”

A woman surveys the preparation of a buoy barrier installation on July 07, 2023 in Eagle Pass, Texas. Texas has begun installing buoy barriers along portions of the Rio Grande river in an effort to deter illegal border crossings. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Texas deploys floating barrier in Rio Grande River

Governor Greg Abbott has installed a stretch of buoys on the Rio Grande River that divides Texas and Mexico in an attempt to hinder migrants from crossing into Texas.