The U.S. House is poised to vote on the massive budget reconciliation bill imminently which also includes preservation of 2017 tax cuts and changes to Medicaid and SNAP.

Texas stands to get up to $12 billion in federal reimbursement for money the Texas Legislature has spent trying to secure the border under the big spending package the U.S. House approved early Thursday morning.

The state of Texas may be getting one step closer to being reimbursed by Congress for the billions of dollars it spent to secure the border during the Biden administration. An amendment to the House reconciliation bill provides a total of $12 billion through 2029 to reimburse states for their efforts to reduce illegal immigration since Biden took office in January 2021.