Gov. Greg Abbott is using a disaster declaration to help fund a border wall. Democrats say it’s an overreach of executive powers.
The disaster declarations give the governor broad power to suspend state laws and regulations that hinder a jurisdiction’s recovery from a disaster and to allow the use of available resources to respond to the disaster.
The disaster declarations give the governor broad power to suspend state laws and regulations that hinder a jurisdiction’s recovery from a disaster and to allow the use of available resources to respond to the disaster.
Then, on May 31 the two-term Republican governor who is seeking reelection next year
took the unprecedented step of declaring a disaster for 34 counties
based on an increase of illegal immigration at the Texas-Mexico border.
The declaration allowed Abbott to request the reallocation of
$250 million of legislatively appropriated funds toward a border wall construction project pushed by his office.
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