U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro and other House Democrats asked for the investigation because Texas is using COVID relief money to fund the multibillion-dollar deployment. Texas GregAbbott Immigration OperationLoneStar investigation Border COVIDRelief
. The action came a day after a group of Texas Democrats in the U.S. House called on U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to investigate.analysis of money intended to combat the effects of the pandemic, showing that Texas “leaders rerouted public health and safety funds to their border operations, while relying on federal pandemic funds to replace some of the money.” that Abbott launched in March 2021 to deal with increased border crossings.
The money came from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, better known as the CARES Act, which had a key provision to support the medical response to the pandemic.
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