And we were. We put more troops on the ground, more guardsmen were there. We bought drones, we bought boats, we bought, we continued to build the wall. Everything we were doing deterred people coming across that border. Who told us that? The border Patrol. So we knew that money was being spent and being spent wisely. But the problem is it was the federal government that was supposed to be doing the job. (01:26–01:33)
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Asserts that border security measures funded by Texas deterred illegal crossings, according to the Border Patrol.
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