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Greg Abbott: “General counsels, the people who've been working on this…”

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Gov. Greg Abbott pushes Congress for $11.1 billion reimbursement to secure Texas border.

Published | Video Starts at 00:44

… which launched in 2021 and deployed state resources to curb illegal immigration and drug trafficking along the Texas Mexico border. What I can tell you is this. And that is General counsels, the people who've been working on this behind the scenes, whether it be in the Department of Homeland Security, in the White House, in the speaker's leadership, they've all been working to work towards getting this mission accomplished. And so I'm feeling pretty good about it. On Wednesday, Governor Greg Abbott met with the speaker of the House, Mike Johnson for the second time in a month. (00:44–01:00)

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Asserts that multiple government entities are working towards securing reimbursement for Texas's border security expenses.

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