LINCOLN- Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen joined more than a dozen other Republican governors in Eagle Pass, Texas over the weekend, pledging state taxpayer support for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's months-long dispute with President Joe Biden over border security. Pillen has already spent over $1 million in state funds to deploy drone pilots from the Nebraska State Patrol and National Guard to the southern border.

Pillen said he would dip into federal pandemic relief funds to offset the costs to state taxpayers. On Sunday, Pillen pledged even more state help for Texas, but didn't specify whether that would be financial or personnel. He and other GOP governors who have helped Abbott's "Operation Lone Star" say they are trying to stem the tide of illegal border crossings.

Pillen and leaders with the State Patrol have argued that their efforts help to reduce the number of people and illegal substances being trafficked across the border, stating that both of these end up in Nebraska and other states with disastrous consequences for public safety. "We're a border state even though we're in the middle of the United States," Pillen said.

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