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Greg Abbott: “I knew that refugees were coming in from terrorist based…”

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott on banning sanctuary city policies - Fox and Friends

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Remember this, Brian? And that is this refugee from Somalia who made the attack on Ohio State initially came into the United States to Dallas, Texas. That's right. And because I knew that refugees were coming in from terrorist based countries posing problems like this. I could not be an accomplice to importing terrorism into the United States of America. Of course, he came into the country about nine years ago. (00:45–00:52)

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