By: Estes, et al. S.C.R. No. 5
 
 
 
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
  WHEREAS, It is the responsibility of the federal government
  to fully maintain the security of the Texas-Mexico international
  border; and
         WHEREAS, The federal government has neglected its duty to
  fully maintain the security of the Texas-Mexico international
  border; and
         WHEREAS, An unprotected border facilitates drug smuggling
  and human trafficking and opens the door to spillover violence from
  criminal cartels; moreover, the ease with which members of
  terrorist organizations can enter the country poses a grave threat
  to homeland security; and
         WHEREAS, The federal government's failure to prevent illegal
  entry has shifted much of the responsibility to the State of Texas;
  consequently, budget writers must weigh the costs of border
  security against the expense of other state services; during the
  2012-2013 fiscal biennium, Texas spent $222,068,318 on border
  security operations, and in the 2014-2015 fiscal biennium,
  $467,872,482; and
         WHEREAS, The executive branch and the United States Congress
  have consistently delayed meaningful action on border security,
  forcing Texas to expend significant resources to keep the
  international border with Mexico secure and placing an undue burden
  on the state's taxpayers; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the 84th Legislature of the State of Texas
  hereby express its dissatisfaction with the federal government's
  inadequate efforts to secure the Texas-Mexico international
  border; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That the 84th Texas Legislature respectfully urge
  the Congress of the United States to reimburse the State of Texas in
  the amount of $689,940,800 for bearing the financial burden of the
  federal government's responsibility to secure the Texas-Mexico
  international border from 2012 through 2015; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
  copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to
  the president of the Senate and to 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 entered in the Congressional Record as a
  memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.