THE WINS.2025—2026 EDITION
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Big wins.
For Texas.
Record investment. A growing economy.
Safer communities and a secure border.
announced for Brownsville13%Decrease in violent crime
rate in Texas in 2025$7.5BBorder cost reimbursement
set for Texas
THE BIG PICTURE
What it means
for Texas.
Nine big stories.
The numbers behind them.
Why they matter close to home.
Keep more of
what you earn.
President Trump’s Working Families Tax Cuts protected jobs, preserved wages, and delivered the second highest average tax refund nationwide to Texans.
- Jobs protected547,000
- Wages preserved$51B
- Avg. tax refund$4,344
A $3 trillion
economy, growing.
Under President Trump’s pro-growth leadership, the economy in Texas is gaining momentum.
Big names.
New opportunities.
President Trump has sparked a Texas investment boom — from chips and shipyards to the first new U.S. oil refinery in nearly half a century.
Safer communities.
Real results.
President Trump is making Texas safe again, with crime down statewide and across the state’s largest jurisdictions.
A secure border.
Real reimbursement.
President Trump is securing Texas’s southern border — and Texas is set to be reimbursed for costs from the Biden Border Crisis.
The worst of the worst.
Removed.
President Trump is removing the Worst of the Worst criminal illegal aliens from Texas communities — from Huntsville to Laredo.
Water secured
for Texas farms.
President Trump secured water for Texas farmers and ranchers from the Rio Grande.
Protecting
ratepayers.
President Trump is protecting Texas ratepayers from the cost of data centers.
How ratepayers are protectedFighting
the screwworm.
The Trump Administration delivered relief and support to deal with the New World screwworm.
For a new sterile fly facility in Edinburg.
See the responseWORKING FAMILIES TAX CUTS
Significant upside.
For Texas.
President Trump’s Working Families Tax Cuts have delivered for Texas workers, families, and seniors.
Protecting paychecks.
The WFTC protected 547,000 Texas jobs, preserved $107 billion in Texas economic activity, and preserved $51 billion in wages for Texas workers.
NAM tax wins reportCare closer to home.
The WFTC delivered an estimated $281 million in rural healthcare funding to Texas.
CMS rural health awardsFour million seniors.
No tax on Social Security.
The WFTC secured No Tax on Social Security for Texas’s four million seniors.
White House: Texas savingsThe WFTC delivered Texans an average tax refund of $4,344 in 2026 — the second highest average refund nationwide.
PRO-GROWTH AGENDA
Gaining momentum.
Growing the Texas economy.
Under President Trump’s pro-growth leadership, the economy in Texas is gaining momentum.
Output on the rise.
Texas’s total economic output now stands at $3 trillion, increasing by $214.2 billion between the time President Trump took office and Q1 2026.
Growth driven by tax policy.
Texas’s real Gross State Product is growing at a 2% annualized rate since President Trump took office.
Without President Trump’s historic tax policies, the White House Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) estimates Texas’s real GSP growth would have averaged -0.7% over this period — notably slower than the growth driven by President Trump’s bold economic agenda.
BUILT FOR WHAT’S NEXT
They’re betting big
on Texas.
President Trump has sparked a Texas investment boom.
24 company announcements.
Amazon & Wiwynn
SocorroBristol Myers Squibb
HoustonToyo Co.
Near HoustonIEM
San AntonioToyota
San AntonioMicron
ShermanFormFactor
Farmers BranchCoherent
ShermanZERLUMA
MissionGrupo Bimbo
TexasAvant Technology
PharrAmerica First Refining & Reliance
BrownsvilleMP Materials
NorthlakeArm Inc.
AustinB = billion. M = million. Figures reflect announced investments; planned spending and hiring may span multiple years.
PUBLIC SAFETY · THE FULL BREAKDOWN
Crime is down.
Here are the numbers.
Each figure shows a decrease compared with the same period a year earlier.
Texas — violent crime2025 vs. 2024↓ 13% violent crime rate
Texas — property offenses2025 vs. 2024↓ 25% motor vehicle theft
Top 25 jurisdictions2025 vs. 2024Overall crime rates down in all 25
In 2025, the top 25 jurisdictions all saw decreases in their overall crime rates from 2024.
Every jurisdiction also saw a decrease in overall crime rates since 2021 except one (El Paso PD).
Texas DPS Crime in Texas 2025ArlingtonFirst half of 2026 vs. first half of 2025↓ 60% homicides
America’s Safest CitiesRecent studyPlano, Laredo, and Arlington in the Top 20
A recent study on America’s Safest Cities named Plano, Laredo, and Arlington in the Top 20 Safest Cities in the United States, with Plano and Laredo in the Top 10.
SmartAsset studySECURING THE SOUTHERN BORDER
Securing the border.
Delivering for Texas.
President Trump is securing Texas’s southern border.
Paying Texas back.
Thanks to the Working Families Tax Cuts, Texas is set to receive $7.5 billion from the State Border Security Reinforcement Fund to reimburse the state for border costs incurred from the Biden Border Crisis.
Texas TribuneNot a single release.
The Trump Administration did not release a single illegal alien at the border for a 16th consecutive month in July.
Apprehensions at the southern border in August were 94% lower than the monthly average under Biden.
DHS announcementAdmissions down sharply.
The Trump Administration has admitted just 10,258 refugees in the first ten months of fiscal year 2026.
- First ten months of FY 202610,258
- 202538,102
- 2024100,034
Finishing the wall.
Thanks to the Working Families Tax Cuts, $46.5 billion has been allocated to finish the border wall.
IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT
Removing the Worst of the Worst
from Texas.
Criminal illegal aliens convicted of serious crimes in Texas communities.
Guadalupe Mercado Guerra
From Mexico
Convicted of: Sex offense against a child (fondling).
DHS recordJose Carrasco Martinez
From Mexico
Convicted of: Indecent exposure to a minor, sex assault, illegal re-entry, and sex offense against a child (fondling).
DHS recordDany Carcamo Valeriano
From Honduras · MS-13 gang member
Convicted of: Aggravated assault (weapon), robbery, and aggravated assault (gun).
DHS recordAlejandro Santos Fernandez
From Mexico
Convicted of: Assault, aggravated assault (weapon), and burglary.
DHS recordCarlos Zavala Vargas
From Mexico
Convicted of: Robbery.
DHS recordRIO GRANDE WATER
Water secured.
For farmers and ranchers.
President Trump secured water for Texas farmers and ranchers.
350,000 acre-feet per year.
USDA and the State Department secured Mexico’s commitment to deliver 350,000 acre-feet per year from the Rio Grande — meeting the 1944 treaty average and repaying prior-cycle debt.
USDA statementRATEPAYER PROTECTION PLEDGE
Protecting Texas ratepayers
from data center costs.
President Trump is protecting Texas ratepayers from the cost of data centers.
Ratepayers come first.
In response to President Trump’s Ratepayer Protection Pledge, the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) are protecting Texas ratepayers from the costs of data center expansion.
Governor’s officeNEW WORLD SCREWWORM
Relief and support.
Against the New World screwworm.
The Trump Administration delivered relief and support to deal with the New World screwworm.
More inspectors.
In response to the New World screwworm outbreak, the Trump Administration delivered federal funding for the Texas Animal Health Commission to hire additional inspectors and strengthen the state’s response.
Governor’s officeA new sterile fly facility.
The Trump Administration also released $750 million for a new sterile fly facility to combat the New World screwworm.
Texas ScorecardBreaking ground in Edinburg.
USDA Sec. Brooke Rollins and the Army Corps of Engineers broke ground on the facility at Moore Air Base in Edinburg, Texas.
USDA announcementA CLOSER LOOK
Big numbers.
Clear sources.
Every figure on this page links back to where it came from.