Texas Studies Border Secession

0:00It's April 1st. This is Dallas News Today, powered by AI. Texas House Speaker Dustin Burles just dropped his committee priorities for the 2027 legislative session, and one stands out like a wild track. He's got the new governmental oversight committee studying the Texas New Mexico border, specifically the idea of absorbing one or more neighboring. Counties if they succeed and want to join up. This all kicked off back in February when Burles posted on ex-welcoming Leah County to come back to Texas where it belongs. It stemmed from a New Mexico lawmaker, pushing a secession amendment for that oil rich spot in the Permian Basin, but that bill died without a hearing. New Mexico isn't sweating it though. Officials from Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham's office say they've got every plan to stay whole and told Texas to study away. They even flexed on cutting methane emissions in the Permian by half compared to Texas, which could rake in over $150 million for their state.

1:00The study dives into what it would mean legally and practically if those counties break away first, but New Mexico would need to pass a secession law upfront. No new bills on the table yet, and critics already called the whole thing ridiculous. For now, Texas keeps prepping through the 27th session while we watch if any counties make a real move across that line.