Earlier this month, officials released that 17 Texas guardsmen died while out on the border over the last three years working under the Operations act under Governor Abbott. How would you make sure that doesn't happen if you are elected senator? Well, This is a federal responsibility, and when we don't act at the federal level, we leave a vacuum. And so there are certainly some important roles that the Texas National Guard has played in helping us to secure the border. (04:57–05:05)
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Asserts that border security is a federal responsibility and inaction creates a vacuum.
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