Texas News Gov. Greg Abbott Says He’ll Use Crowdfunding For His Plan To Build A Border Wall By Texas Standard Published June 16, 2021 at 8:43 AM CDT Twitter LinkedIn Email Your browser doesn’t support HTML5 audio Part of the existing fence on the Texas-Mexico border in Brownsville, Texas, in 2018.Julia Reihs/KUT 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.