While federal lawmakers wring their hands over the border crisis and fight over Trump’s wall, Texas is moving past the partisan bickering in an attempt to actually do something about the crisis.

“We all care about border security, we just need to be able to talk about it and get all of the heated rhetoric out of the way,” Texas state Rep. Kyle Biedermann told Fox 7. “And just talk about what’s needed and let’s work on the projects first that we all agree on, and start building trust.”

The Fredricksburg Republican introduced HB 4306 as a bipartisan plan to protect the state’s border with Mexico amid unprecedented numbers of illegal immigrants flooding across. Biedermann said he consulted with officials in south Texas and took what he learned to Democrats to court support for creating a Border Security Enhancement Fund, with the goal of increasing support for projects and technology upgrades law enforcement officers desperately need.

Biedermann said the funding could be used to help clear brush along the Rio Grande River, purchase new security technology, improved flood controls and additional manpower at ports of entry.

“We don’t have to use the term wall, but we will have barriers where they are needed and where they are wanted by those from the border, who know their area the best,” Biedermann told Fox 7. “So instead of fighting over words, let’s do the projects that everyone feels are important, especially with the input from those on the border.”

Rep. Briscoe Cain, a Republican co-author of the bill, said if Congress won’t keep drugs and illegal immigrants from flooding in from Mexico, then it’s up to Texas to keep Americans safe, The Daily Texan reports.

“I believe that we have a duty to secure our border and ports,” he said. “Drugs and human trafficking coming through our porous southern border puts all Americans at risk. If Congress refuses to keep Americans safe, then Texas must act.”

If approved, the legislation would create a pilot program administered by the governor, who will dispatch support based on requests from local officials on the border. The bill received a unanimous vote in committee and is now awaiting a full vote on the House floor, Fox 7 reports.

“Our office is receiving many calls of support of this,” Cain told The Daily Texan. “I’m committed to working with fellow lawmakers to find solutions that protect the integrity of our borders.”

Meanwhile, several Democrats vying to challenge President Trump in 2020 continue to insist there is no crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border, where federal officials expect the number of illegal immigrants coming in to eclipse 1 million in fiscal year 2019.

The president has nonetheless pressed forward with his campaign promise to build a wall, with bids for construction awarded this month, as federal officials struggle to process the influx of migrants, which are coming mostly from the Central American countries of Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras.

According to the Texas Tribune:

ICE is detaining 45,000 to 50,000 people a day, but it is not authorized to detain children for longer than 20 days. Sixty percent of the more than 100,000 apprehensions last month were families or unaccompanied minors who currently cannot be held indefinitely.

Because holding facilities are over capacity, federal officials are simply processing migrants with minors and dropping them off at area shelters with a court hearing scheduled for months in the future. Many of those shelters are also at capacity, forcing charities to re-route the illegal immigrants to the bus station with a ticket to wherever they like, The American Mirror reports.