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Texas has been using coronavirus relief money to help pay for the multibillion-dollar deployment.

The request comes after Gov. Greg Abbott announced last month that Texas would divert about $500 million from state agencies to fund the controversial border mission. Abbott launched Operation Lone Star last year in response to what he called President Biden’s “open-border” policies.

U.S. customers started deluging Mexican border pharmacies after Texas passed an anti-abortion law last fall. A two-pill combination costs about $400 and does not require a doctor's prescription.

The decision comes after more than 20 states sued to block the end of the pandemic-era policy that rapidly expels migrants back to their home countries. Texas filed a separate lawsuit last week that is still pending.

Gov. Greg Abbott's rule imposing safety inspections at the border did "nothing to stop the flow of illegal immigration or illegal drugs," Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller told NPR.

Some key Senate Democrats and candidates have come out this week and expressed reservations about the Biden administration's decision to lift Title 42 by May 23.

Chihuahua’s proposals were already in place before the meeting. The governor outlined them to Abbott, which was enough to convince him to stop the enhanced vehicle searches.

Democrats say the governor’s plans to bus migrants out of state are inhumane, while some Republicans are calling his latest moves a campaign gimmick.

Gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke toured an empty warehouse Tuesday to highlight how the stoppage of trade at the state's Southern border is hurting Texas. Gov. Greg Abbott fired back and said his Democratic rival is in “denial” about the situation on the border.

The group — which includes the Travis County public defender — is calling for the federal government to cut funding from local and state agencies that participate in the program and comes as Gov. Greg Abbott expands the controversial border-security operation.