In the decade since SpaceX arrived on the Texas coast, billionaire Elon Musk's company has created thousands of jobs near the Mexico border, launched rockets and sprung up new homes — all around an area dubbed Starbase.

Elon Musk announced SpaceX has filed a petition to make Starbase into a Texas city. Here's what Greg Abbott and the county judge say.

Citing all the work the company has put into the region, employees are requesting a special election in Cameron County to incorporate a city.