With state agencies leaving nearly $1 billion in fees and fines uncollected, taxpayers are potentially on the hook for picking up those operating costs. TFR’s Michael Quinn Sullivan told the Associated Press it’s “incumbent on our state agencies to collect these fees.” The El Paso Times editorial board agreed, noting, “Texas taxpayers are paying more than enough already without having to underwrite fines and fees that are going uncollected.”
State law allows school district officials to remove material that is harmful to minors or has no educational value.
It is estimated that Texas taxpayers have spent $5-$8 billion annually on education for illegal alien children.
Allred, now a candidate for U.S. Senate, has supported multiple left-wing policy views on immigration and border security in Congress.
South Texas Border Protection officers seized several packages of cocaine, methamphetamines, and marijuana being transported illegally.