New nonprofit proposes $2 billion trust instead of border barriers

New nonprofit proposes $2 billion trust instead of border barriers

A map of the nonprofit coverage area for border barrier issues. Courtesy of Let Texans Do Texas. MARFA — A newly formed advocacy group, Let Texans Do Texas (LTDT), is pushing state and federal lawmakers to abandon plans for physical border wall construction across the Big Bend region, proposing instead a locally administered border security trust. The nonprofit organization argues that the federal government’s approach to erecting physical barri…