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Colin Allred: “I was advocating for the $20 billion that we were trying to…”

Featuring: Colin Allred, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Texas

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Inside Texas Politics | Full interview on the Democratic Senate runoff with Colin Allred

Published | Video Starts at 08:49

But I do think every country has to make sure that you have a process that's not chaotic at your border. And that's what I thought we needed to do. That's also why I was advocating for the $20 billion that we were trying to pass in the Congress, to try and hire more people. to make it easier and treat people in a humane way. But when it comes to what's happened since then, that was all under President Biden. (08:49–08:55)

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Asserts advocacy for a $20 billion congressional effort to hire more personnel.

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