They spearheaded the effort of my request to ensure that Texas would be reimbursed for the cost that we had to incur to save the United States of America. Right over here, if you could step aside, is A check from the United States Department of Homeland Security to the people of the State of Texas for $7.5 billion, reimbursing us for the cost we incurred to secure our border. To be clear to the media, because of what the United States Congress did, again with the leadership of the Republicans in Texas, they allocated money. (24:39–24:53)
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Claims Texas received $7.5 billion from DHS for border security costs.
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