A document titled “Lower Taxes, Safer Streets, Stronger Border: President Trump’s Texas Record” lays out sweeping claims about Texas under President Donald J. Trump, including a stretch of zero migrant releases at the border, new tax breaks, falling violent crime, and a surge of private investment. All figures and statements below are taken from that document.
Border and immigration: zero releases claim, sharp declines asserted
The document states that “the Trump Administration has not released a single illegal alien at the border for 16 straight months.” It also claims southern border apprehensions in August were 94% lower than the monthly average “under Biden,” and that refugee admissions in the first ten months of the current fiscal year are down almost 90% from 2024. It says $46.5 billion from the Working Families Tax Cuts was allocated to finish the border wall and that Texas will receive $7.5 billion from a State Border Security Reinforcement Fund to recover past costs.
Taxes and refunds: overtime and Social Security claims
According to the document, President Trump’s Working Families Tax Cuts mean approximately one in four Texas workers no longer owe federal income taxes on qualifying overtime pay. It also says roughly four million Texas seniors benefit from “no tax on Social Security” via a new senior deduction. The brief states Texas taxpayers saw average refunds of $4,344, ranking second-highest nationally, and that the tax measures protected 547,000 Texas jobs, $107 billion in state GDP, and $51 billion in wages. It adds that Texas secured about $281 million in first-year funding from a Rural Health Transformation Program.
Crime and public safety: statewide drops cited
The document asserts that violent crime in Texas fell 13% last year, including a 13% decline in murder and an 11% decline in rape. It says the 25 most populous Texas jurisdictions all posted lower overall crime rates than the prior year. For the first half of 2026, it cites a 60% drop in Arlington homicides versus the first half of 2025. It also references an “America’s Safest Big Cities” list placing Plano, Laredo, and Arlington in the national Top 20, with Plano and Laredo in the Top 10.
Water, utilities, agriculture, and health measures
The brief says that in January 2026, USDA and the State Department secured Mexico’s commitment to deliver 350,000 acre-feet per year from the Rio Grande to meet the 1944 treaty average and repay prior-cycle debt. It credits a “Ratepayer Protection Pledge” by President Trump with prompting the Public Utility Commission of Texas and ERCOT to shield families from the costs of data-center expansion. It further states the Trump Administration funded additional Texas Animal Health Commission inspectors and a new $750 million sterile-fly facility that broke ground in April at Moore Air Base in Edinburg.
On farm support, the document says $827 million has been delivered to more than 33,000 Texas farmers through the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program for the 2024 crop year, and that nearly 27,000 Texas producers have received more than $832 million in Farmer Bridge Assistance payments as part of a $12 billion national bridge program.
Private investment highlights listed in the brief
The document attributes a wave of Texas investments to tax cuts, energy policy, border security, and pro-growth measures, citing announcements including:
• Vantage Data Centers: $25 billion for a 1,200-acre campus in Shackelford County.
• SpaceX: $16.8 billion for phase one of a new semiconductor fabrication plant in Grimes County.
• Toyota: $3.6 billion at its San Antonio campus to build the Tacoma in the U.S., with 2,000 jobs.
• Bristol Myers Squibb: $2.3 billion for a multi-modal manufacturing campus in Houston.
• Saronic: $3.2 billion for a new shipyard in Brownsville.
• America First Refining and Reliance: a multi-billion-dollar partnership to open what the brief calls the first new U.S. oil refinery in nearly half a century in Brownsville.
• MP Materials: more than $1.25 billion for a rare-earth magnet campus in Northlake, with 1,500+ direct jobs.
• Tesla: $3 billion for a research chip facility at Giga Texas.
• USG Corporation: $1.18 billion for a production facility in Orange, with 200 jobs.
• Toyota Co. (solar): $357 million for a solar cell plant near Houston, with 400 jobs (listed as “Toyo Co.” in the document).
• Micron: $500 million in strategic financing for development and manufacturing in Sherman.
• FormFactor: $140 million for a probe card plant in Farmers Branch, with 600+ jobs.
The brief also lists additional projects, including by ZERLUMA, XPEL, Grupo Bimbo, Avant Technology, Arm Inc., Inventec, Wistron, LGM Pharma, Paris Baguette, and others.
