TEXAS — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on June 30 will host former President Donald Trump for a border security meeting and tour of a section of unfinished border wall, the governor announced Thursday.

The meeting and tour is scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m. in Weslaco, Texas, in the Rio Grande Valley.

The meeting comes as Abbott continues to raise funds to construct a Trump-style wall along the border. It will also follow a border tour scheduled for Friday, June 25 in El Paso by Vice President Kamala Harris.

In recent weeks, Abbott has rolled out get-tough plans and rhetoric not seen before even in Texas, where Republicans have spent a decade making border security the centerpiece of their agenda. Abbott, who is viewed as a potential presidential contender in 2024, promised to continue building Trump's border wall and has adopted a questionable method of helping paying for it: crowdsourcing and solicitations.

Abbott's new push has been called political theater, which he has rejected as the number of border crossers remains high. But it has gained Trump's attention.

It’s anticipated the pair will be joined by other GOP lawmakers.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.