A Texas official, who this week offered the incoming Trump administration a 1,402-acre plot of land to build "deportation facilities," says other parts of Texas near the border could be offered up in a similar fashion. "Absolutely -- I have 13 million acres, if any of them can be of help in this process, we're happy to have that discussion," Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham told ABC's Mireya Villarreal in an interview. The Texas General Land Office purchased the plot of land from a farmer in October originally to facilitate Texas' efforts to build a border wall.
Together with this land, the state office owns about 4,000 acres in Starr County, about 35 miles from McAllen, Texas. "My office is fully prepared to enter into an agreement with the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or the United States Border Patrol to allow a facility to be built for the processing, detention, and coordination of the largest deportation of violent criminals in the nation's history," Buckingham wrote in a letter addressed to President-elect DonaldTrump, earlier this week. MORE: Texas land commissioner offers 1,402 acres to Trump for 'deportation facilities' In an interview via Zoom, Buckingham claimed authorities were frequently "getting reports from the community" that crimes were happening on the property.
"There was a significant mass of humanity and terrible things happening on this property. We heard it again and again and again," she said. Buckingham .
