The Texas Border Sheriff’s Coalition along with 16 counties are slated to receive $6 million in state funds under a program to reduce crime and illegal immigration along the Texas-Mexico border. The funding is part of Gov. Rick Perry’s recently announced border security plan called Operation Linebacker.

“There can be no homeland security without border security,” Perry said. “Operation Linebacker makes sense because it gives new tools and resources to local law enforcement, the experts in the unique security challenges of the border.”

The following counties will receive $367,500: Brewster, Cameron, Culberson, Dimmit, El Paso, , Hidalgo, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Kinney, Maverick, Presidio, Starr, Terrell, Val Verde, Webb, and Zapata.

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