Border security expert says surge not working as lawmakers set to spend more

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas lawmakers are expected to decide this week just how many more hundreds of millions of your tax dollars they will spend on more border security.
The Texas Department of Public Safety has asked for an additional billion dollars, but Senate and House members are still hashing out exactly how much they’ll agree to approve.
This is despite the lack of hard evidence the border surge is effective.
KXAN Lead Investigator Brian Collister first reported last November that