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Anything we can do to help’: This Texas county is poised to play a key role in deportations

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Texas offers 1,400 acres of land for construction of deportation facilities.

Land commissioner: "We figured they just may need some help with all the violent criminals for their processing, to get them off our soil" Texas is the only Republican -controlled state on the U.S.-Mexico border.

In November , Starr County voted Republican in a presidential election for the first time since 1892 .

Immigration and Customs Enforcement already operates at least 20 detention centers in Texas .

A mass deportation effort targeting the estimated 11 million to 13 million immigrants who are in the country illegally would cost at least $315 billion .

Immigration advocates say the money should be spent on roads and housing, rather than “militarization” of the border.

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English

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