Border Security UPDATE: Lt. Gov. Patrick Details Latest Intelligence from Law Enforcement

Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN Texas Since deploying the national guard and increasing our Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers on the border last summer weve seen a significant decline in the number of apprehensions said Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick at a press conference announcing an update on Border Security Priorities in the Texas Senate. 

  However the latest intelligence from our law enforcement clearly states our border is still not secure. Our National Guard troops must stay to protect our border. I did not support removing the guard in March and we cannot afford to pull back now Patrick said. We have identified $12 million dollars to keep the guard funded until the end of May. This will give us time to work on getting a supplemental bill to further and permanently fund our law enforcement along the border. While securing the border is a responsibility of Washington DC it is still a Texas problem. Thats why the Senate budget that was put forth earlier this session will continue to fund the guard for the next two years and provide funding for DPS at the highest levels in history to protect our border concluded Patrick.