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Greg Abbott: “Department of Homeland Security had $10 billion to allocate to all states for any type of reimbursement for…”

Featuring: Greg Abbott, Republican | Governor of Texas

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No. So we have submitted an application for that already, and we will sit down in negotiations with them. Let me try to give you some math, and we'll see how it works. Out there was Department of Homeland Security had $10 billion to allocate to all states for any type of reimbursement for their expenses. We got 75% of that. My goal from the $3 billion that DOJ has is to get 75% of that also. And that would bring us close to the $10 billion total that we were seeking. (22:10–22:20)

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Asserts that Texas received 75% of the $10 billion allocated by DHS for state reimbursements.

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