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Gov. Greg Abbott redirects $500 million from other agencies to fund border security mission through end of fiscal year

Published: May 3, 2022, 10 a.m.

b'Abbott said the money would be taken from the budgets of other Texas agencies, including nearly $210 million from the state\\u2019s Health and Human Services Commission over two years and about $160 million from the Texas Department of Public Safety.'