Jerry Clayton
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The new contracts total $3.3 billion for the so-called smart wall, which relies on electronic surveillance and data sharing to detect and respond to border crossings.
The smart walls also include secondary physical walls and water barriers in some areas.
The projects include one in the Del Rio sector, three in the Laredo sector, and one in Tucson, Arizona.
The Trump administration has committed a total of $8 billion towards the Smart Wall project, a key component of Trump's border security strategy.
Democratic Senator Henry Cuellar, who represents Laredo, was critical of the plans and called the walls 14th century solutions to 21st century problems.
I'm Jerry Clayton in San Antonio.
The suit argues that three state-funded work-study programs violate the First Amendment.
The programs, the Texas College Work-Study Program, the Works Internship Program, and the Innovative Adult Career Education Grant Program bar participants from engaging in sectarian activities or enrolling in seminary studies.
Paxton says the restrictions amount to unconstitutional discrimination against religious students and exclude religious organizations that offer only sectarian work opportunities.
Paxton called the rules, quote, anti-Christian.
The programs provide more than $8 million in state funding to financially disadvantaged college students with jobs both on and off campus.
I'm Jerry Clayton in San Antonio.
The suit argues that three state-funded work-study programs violate the First Amendment.
The programs—the Texas College Work-Study Program, the Works Internship Program, and the Innovative Adult Career Education Grant Program—bar participants from engaging in sectarian activities or enrolling in seminary studies.
Paxton says the restrictions amount to unconstitutional discrimination against religious students and exclude religious organizations that offer only sectarian work opportunities.
Paxton called the rules, quote, anti-Christian.
The programs provide more than $8 million in state funding to financially disadvantaged college students with jobs both on and off campus.
I'm Jerry Clayton in San Antonio.
Turning Point USA is the group founded by Charlie Kirk, who was killed at a college campus rally in Utah.
Patrick said the idea came during a conversation with Turning Point leaders.