Second Reading Podcast: One issue to bind them all

 Jim Henson and Joshua Blank talk about Texas Governor Greg Abbott's signal on Fox News that he would add border security to his impending call for another special session of the legislature.

Some results and articles referred to in the discussion

Fox News clip: "Greg Abbott: New York should blame Biden for migrant influx, not Texas (27 September 2023

"Amid divisions on Paxton and vouchers, border security remains the great Republican unifier in Texas." A compilation of UT/Texas Politics Project polling on immigration and border security, and a discussion of the usefulness of these issues for Texas Republican leaders in the wake of the Paxton trial.

About the Second Reading podcast. The podcast has been produced intermittently by Jim Henson for the Texas Politics Project, with production support from UT's Liberal Arts Development Studio, since 2016. You can find past episodes and subscribe to the Second Reading podcast in Apple Podcasts, Spotify,  and Stitcher.