Greg Abbott: “Authorizing law enforcement officers across the entire state of Texas to arrest those people who crossed the…”

“In the last session, I signed a law making it a state crime now for somebody to enter the state illegally, crossing the border illegally, Authorizing law enforcement officers across the entire state of Texas to arrest those people who crossed the border illegally. So we look forward to working with all of our law enforcement partners to make sure that Texas is doing everything we can to arrest and to stop anybody from entering Texas illegally.” (20:37–20:44)

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