House Bill 3782 (2023) proposes to establish a Border Security Advisory Council to advise the governor or the governor’s designee on homeland security issues impacting the security of the Texas–Mexico border and on streamlining statewide border security activities and initiatives.
America’s Counterterrorism Strategy Needs Texas
President Donald Trump’s new 2026 Counterterrorism Strategy makes one thing unmistakably clear: The threats facing the United States are no longer confined to distant battlefields overseas. They are here—at our border, inside our institutions, and increasingly imbedded within transnational networks operating across the homeland. The strategy identifies three principal threats: “narcoterrorists and transnational gangs, legacy...