Issue Position: Border Security

Issue Position

Border Security
Regain control of our border and enforce the law. Texans must hold companies responsible if they knowingly hire illegal workers and we must expect people to learn English, pay taxes, obey the law, embrace our culture, and pledge allegiance to our flag.
During the 84th legislative session, as a result of the federal government's inaction and failure to protect our border with Mexico, legislators allocated $800 million for border security efforts and operations. Angie co- authored and helped to pass House Bill 11, which increases the number of Texas Department of Public Safety officers on the border and creates a voluntary corps of retired DPS officers to bolster the agency's ranks. The bill also:

Increases penalties for human smuggling;
Requires DPS to assist federal authorities at southbound checkpoints at the border to screen for guns and illicit cash headed to Mexico;
Requires the Texas Attorney General to create a division within the agency that prosecutes transnational and organized crime; and
Creates the Texas Transnational Intelligence Center (TTIC).

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