(The Center Square) – The Texas General Land Office is continuing to take action to secure the Texas border.
Under Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, the office has identified nine islands, totaling roughly 66 acres, as property belonging to the state of Texas in the Rio Grande Valley.
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