Texas Public Radio Article RatingEl Paso state Democrats want more oversight on border-security spending
Jan 09, 2023 View Original Article
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| "Despite the state's efforts, which have included arresting undocumented immigrants on trespassing charges, setting up razor wire and empty cargo trailers on the border, and building portions of a so-called border wall in parts of South Texas, unauthorized crossings continue at record levels." | Positive | 22% Conservative |
| "We always hear about border security, when the border is so much more than just that." | Positive | 14% Conservative |
| "If they are truly fiscal conservatives, they need to be asking these questions." | Positive | 12% Conservative |
| "Outnumbered as they prepare to gavel in for the upcoming Texas legislative session, El Paso Democrats know that the Republican majority will again make immigration and border-security spending a priority in Austin." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "I think it's pretty safe to assume that the Republicans are going to want to spend more state dollars on border security, which you and I and everybody knows -- including Republicans -- it is a federal responsibility." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "That included money from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, ($53.6 million); the Texas Department of Public Safety ($159.2 million); the Texas Health and Human Services Commission ($210.6 million); the Texas Department of State Health Services ($36 million); the Texas Alcoholic and Beverage Commission TABC ($4.3 million); and the Texas Juvenile Justice Department ($31 million)." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "What we've been doing in terms of border security spending, as long as I've been in the Legislature, it's not worked, he said." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "But border Democrats are hopeful that some Republicans will join them in demanding more oversight on how money for border security is spent." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "This additional funding ensures the Lone Star State is fully equipped to provide Texans the border security strategy they demand and deserve, Abbott said in a press release at the time." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "Since its inception in March 2021, Operation Lone Star -- a state-led border-security effort initiated by Gov. Greg Abbott -- billions in taxpayer money have been spent on equipment and a surge of Texas Department of Public Safety officers and state National Guard units to the border." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "To fuel the effort Abbott took nearly $500 million of state funds from several agencies in April 2022 and transferred them to Operation Lone Star." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "State Rep. Claudia Ordaz-Perez, an El Paso Democrat who will serve her second term in the Texas House this year, said those kinds of budgetary moves need to be scrutinized." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "But Blanco also acknowledged that Republicans will likely eye the state's current surplus as money that's available for more border security spending." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Blanco said he's discussed the issue with Republicans who agree the state needs to be more transparent on how the billions are being spent -- and whether the effort is worth the cost." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "State Sen. Cesar Blanco, D-El Paso, said the operation hasn't yielded the desired results and instead has turned into a spending spree for Abbott and other Republicans." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "State Sen. Cesar Blanco, D-El Paso, said the operation hasn't yielded the desired results and instead has turned into a spending spree for Abbott and other Republicans." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
61% : Despite the state's efforts, which have included arresting undocumented immigrants on trespassing charges, setting up razor wire and empty cargo trailers on the border, and building portions of a so-called border wall in parts of South Texas, unauthorized crossings continue at record levels.57% : "We always hear about border security, when the border is so much more than just that.
56% : "If they are truly fiscal conservatives, they need to be asking these questions.
52% : Outnumbered as they prepare to gavel in for the upcoming Texas legislative session, El Paso Democrats know that the Republican majority will again make immigration and border-security spending a priority in Austin.
52% : "I think it's pretty safe to assume that the Republicans are going to want to spend more state dollars on border security, which you and I and everybody knows -- including Republicans -- it is a federal responsibility."
50% : That included money from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, ($53.6 million); the Texas Department of Public Safety ($159.2 million); the Texas Health and Human Services Commission ($210.6 million); the Texas Department of State Health Services ($36 million); the Texas Alcoholic and Beverage Commission TABC ($4.3 million); and the Texas Juvenile Justice Department ($31 million).
49% : "What we've been doing in terms of border security spending, as long as I've been in the Legislature, it's not worked," he said.
48% : But border Democrats are hopeful that some Republicans will join them in demanding more oversight on how money for border security is spent.
*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.