AUSTIN, TX — State Representative Trey Wharton has joined fellow Texas House Republicans in signing a formal letter to U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer following the terrorist attack in Austin. 

The letter calls on Congress to take immediate action to strengthen border security and immigration enforcement in the wake of the attack, which federal authorities are investigating as an act of terrorism. 

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