SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 678          WHEREAS, The Texas Senate finds that border security is a   federal responsibility; and          WHEREAS, Due to the lack of action by the federal government,   the State of Texas has been forced to continually appropriate funds   to secure the southern border of the United States; and          WHEREAS, Texas has taken these actions not just for the   people of Texas, but to help maintain safety and security across   the United States; and          WHEREAS, The human costs of sex trafficking, human   trafficking, drug proliferation, and the expansion of vast   criminal enterprises cannot be easily quantified; and          WHEREAS, The financial cost that the State of Texas has   paid or will pay to combat these criminal acts has totaled more   than $9,927,000,000; and          WHEREAS, The state has spent the following amounts on border   security in each of the most recent biennial state budgets:          2016-2017 - $800,000,000          2018-2019 - $800,000,000          2020-2021 - $800,600,000          2022-2023 - $2,926,400,000; and          WHEREAS, Texas plans to spend $4,600,000,000 to secure the   border in the 2024-2025 biennium; now, therefore, be it          RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 88th Texas Legislature   hereby respectfully request that the Congress of the United States   fully reimburse the State of Texas for $9,927,000,000 in expended   funds that were used or will be used to meet federal obligations to   secure the southern border; and, be it further          RESOLVED, That Texas is not seeking reimbursement for   additional costs associated with securing the southern border,   including the additional strains that have been placed on the   state's healthcare and education systems, and the impacts on local   law enforcement or private property damage; and, be it further          RESOLVED, That the secretary of the Senate forward   official copies of this resolution to the president of the United   States, to the president of the Senate and the speaker of the   House of Representatives of the United States Congress, and to   all the members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the   request that this resolution be officially entered in the   Congressional Record as a memorial to the Congress of the United   States of America.     Perry     Alvarado Hancock Miles   Bettencourt Hinojosa Nichols   Birdwell Huffman Parker   Blanco Hughes Paxton   Campbell Johnson Schwertner   Creighton King Sparks   Eckhardt Kolkhorst Springer   Flores LaMantia West   Gutierrez Menéndez Whitmire   Hall Middleton Zaffirini     Patrick, President of the Senate             ________________________________          President of the Senate               I hereby certify that the     above Resolution was adopted by     the Senate on May 29, 2023.             ________________________________          Secretary of the Senate             ________________________________           Member, Texas Senate