Gina Hinojosa: “We spent taxpayer dollars prosecuting these immigrants for trespassing because he trumped up the charges.”

“Let me tell you what he did in what he's calling oper immigration, Lone Star. We spent taxpayer dollars to patrol the border. State police patrolling the border. We spent taxpayer dollars locking up immigrants. Right? We spent taxpayer dollars prosecuting these immigrants for trespassing because he trumped up the charges. so that they could be incarcerated for trespassing. Then we spent taxpayer dollars for their defense to get them out. They went right back into our communities.” (09:19–09:28)

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