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Greg Abbott: “In just a four year time period, there were more than 11…”

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Governor Greg Abbott's Address on Border Security and Bail Reform at Texas Southwest Border Sheriff's Coalition

Published | Video Starts at 04:02

And you know, the way things work, when people find out that they can come across the border with no consequences, it opens the floodgates. And In just a four year time period, there were more than 11 million people coming across the border. Almost all of them coming through counties of sheriffs represented here today. That added geometrically to the task that you had to deal with and you helped answer the call. (04:02–04:08)

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Asserts that over 11 million people crossed the border in a four-year period.

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