But we've also seen really in the last couple of years, since the last session, the amount of spending that the state has on border security has quadrupled. Yes. A few years ago we put $800 million in the budget for border security. And then last sess. Right. We put a billion dollars in for border security. And we've spent even more than that over time trying to secure our border because the federal government doesn't do their job and secure our national border. (03:05–03:11)
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Asserts that Texas allocated $800 million for border security a few years ago.
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