Texas News Gov. Greg Abbott Says He’ll Use Crowdfunding For His Plan To Build A Border Wall KWBU | By Texas Standard Published June 16, 2021 at 8:43 AM CDT Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 6:09 Julia Reihs/KUT Part of the existing fence on the Texas-Mexico border in Brownsville, Texas, in 2018. Abbott made national headlines with his announcement Thursday in Del Rio that Texas would build its own wall at the Mexico border, though he provided no further details and said he would lay out the plan this week.