Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar released a short statement on the governor s request. BCSO manpower including jailers will be utilized to maintain our current staffing needs, the statement said.
Salazar has been working to end a chronic staffing shortage and high overtime costs at the jail. Hiring bonuses and taking recruitment efforts on the road across Texas is part of that work.
Atascosa County Sheriff David Soward said he fully supports the governor, but there is a staffing shortage at his jail, too. Some of our jailers have to come in their days off so I m not so sure we could provide a lot of assistance to this program being that we re short-handed already, said Soward.
Former President Donald Trump returned to the U.S.-Mexico border Wednesday.
He was invited to attend a border security briefing hosted by Governor Greg Abbott in Weslaco.
The last time Trump visited the Rio Grande Valley was in January, when he used the final trip of his presidency to autograph incomplete border wall.
Now Governor Greg Abbott has pledged to continue wall construction in Texas using state dollars and a crowdfunding campaign.
Abbott also issued a disaster declaration for counties along the border in response to a recent rise in migration in the area.
At the border security briefing in Weslaco, McAllen Mayor Javier Villalobos was the only local official invited from the Rio Grande Valley the most heavily-crossed area on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit the U.S.-Mexico border Wednesday.
He was invited to attend a border security briefing hosted by Governor Greg Abbott in Weslaco.
The last time Trump visited the Rio Grande Valley was in January, when he used the final trip of his presidency to autograph incomplete border wall.
Now Governor Greg Abbott has pledged to continue wall construction in Texas using state dollars and a crowdfunding campaign.
Abbott also issued a disaster declaration for counties along the border in response to a recent rise in migration in the area.
At the border security briefing in Weslaco, McAllen Mayor Javier Villalobos was the only local official invited from the Rio Grande Valley the most heavily-crossed area on the U.S.-Mexico border.
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