Texas Tribune: Private Donations for a Texas Border Wall Have Soared to $54 Million. But It’s Still Unclear Who’s Giving.

Body

Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s (R) GoFundMe page for building a border wall leaped to $54 million in just a few days. The Schar School’s Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, an immigration and border expert, wonders who is donating, given the graft of previous efforts to privately finance the project. “What’s happening is symbolic and it’s a symbol of how divided the nation is along the lines of immigration.” Read more.