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Cesar Blanco: “The majority of the trafficking occurs at our ports.”

Featuring: Cesar Blanco, Democratic | Texas Senate, District 29

A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf.

Published February 24, 2017 | Video Starts at 14:30

Absolutely. And I support border security, but I think there are smarter ways to do it. Instead of lots of equipment and boots on the ground, which is very costly, The majority of the trafficking occurs at our ports. And I think we need to invest money in modernizing our ports with technologies that detect not only human trafficking, but smuggling of drugs and contraband. We're not working smarter. (14:30–14:35)

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“We've got increasing population, we've got oil and gas tax that haven't been producing.”
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“I'd cut border security.”
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“We still don't have information from DPS that indicates that we have a huge surge of immigrants coming across the country.”
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“Border studies have shown that there's been a drastic decrease [in immigration].”
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“We don't have any indication or information that any terrorists have come across the border.”
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“It sends a message throughout the country that Texas is not safe.”
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“President Trump ran on border security and deportations and was frankly, anti Latino.”
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“The budget doesn't indicate that [Republicans in control will foot the bill for border security].”
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“I don't [think the rating system accounts for these inputs] and I agree with Brooks Assessment.”
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“Our system finances is inadequate.”
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“We keep taking a band aid approach to funding our public school system.”
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“We need to look at funding full day pre K.”
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“We've got money in the rainy day fund that we can invest for better outcomes.”
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“I think that we should have that the strong political will to, to dip into the general revenue to make these investments.”
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“The state can do better. It's our responsibility to do that.”
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“In El Paso, we just had two large bond elections for our ISDs.”
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“It goes back to the local property taxpayer to make sure that they're making their investments in the local community.”
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“The state legislature has a responsibility to [provide for the general diffusion of knowledge].”
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“I voted against A through F last session.”
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“I don't want...the stigma of your school being an F school.”
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“It goes back to what teachers and principals and superintendents are doing with the little that they have.”
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“We've got rural communities that will negatively be impacted by [vouchers].”
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“We're taking money away again from the system of public schools.”
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“I don't want vouchers going to private schools when we haven't even addressed the issue with our public schools.”
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“A lot of charter schools don't have robust programs [for special education kids].”
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“They all end up in public schools.”
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“Texas is one of the largest contributors into the [Medicaid] system and we're not getting that return.”
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“We have the Texas association of Business through a study through St. Edwards University that indicated that [the bathroom bill] would…”
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“The study also indicates that we would lose hundreds of thousands of jobs.”
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“It's a hateful bill. At minimum, it's discriminatory. It doesn't do anything for our state.”
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“Immigrants from all over the world have made this country the great country that it is.”
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