Texas still spending big on border despite Trump promises

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A budget shortfall in Texas threatens cuts to colleges and Medicaid, yet a costly border security operation is proving largely untouchable.
That’s despite President Donald Trump’s promises to build a wall and the plunging number of people caught illegally entering the U.S.
During a key budget vote Thursday, House Democrats were trying unsuccessfully to take dollars earmarked for hundreds of state troopers on the Texas-Mexico border and National Guard patrol