Gov “McDreamy” Perry is not pleased with the state’s latest Homeland Security Grant.
AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry today released the following statement upon learning that Texas has been awarded $90 million in federal homeland security dollars, $39 million less than what it received last year.
“I am dismayed that Texas which shares a 1,200 mile porous border with Mexico would see a 31 percent reduction in funding for homeland security. It appears the federal government has given little consideration to our international border, which is viewed as a prime point of entry by terrorist organizations, drug traffickers and criminal gangs.
“The same federal government that short-changed Texas today continues to release illegal immigrants onto our streets because it has yet to build sufficient detention space. Continuing federal inaction jeopardizes our security, and this funding disparity will only make matters worse.â€
