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On the record
Greg Abbott
Counts each graded PolicyBomb once where this person or group authored, signed, voted yes on or funded the graded policy (full scorecard rows only).
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Greg Abbott: 2 PolicyBombs on record
No full scorecard rows yet. Their documented positions are listed below, each with its source and that PolicyBomb's grade. They are not counted in a tally until the full row (author, votes, signer, funders) is sourced.
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Positions on record
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Policy #1: Southern Border Crossings: Catch-and-Release, Asylum Expansion, and Record Encounters Harmful
For: Operation Lone Star; busing migrants; border barriers. Texas DPS Operation Lone Star. dps.texas.gov
Listed in the research as: Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX)
Verdict: The 2021-24 border surge was a policy choice with foreseeable pull effects, not a force of nature. Catch-and-release into multi-year court backlogs, ending MPP, and delayed Title 42 exit timing produced record crossings, city fiscal crises, and documented failures to track released children.
Policy #58: Red vs Blue States Mixed
For: Signed HB 4 (2025 special session), a mid-decade congressional map aimed at +5 GOP seats. Texas Legislature: HB 4, 89th Leg. 2nd Called Session (2025 congressional map) (capitol.texas.gov)
Listed in the research as: Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX)
Verdict: Blue-state housing and permitting policy is clearly bad. It is the strongest support for the claim and explains much of the cost-of-living gap and out-migration.