Greg Abbott: “It has worked with regard to the withholding of funds…”

“But second, we're about to have a legislative session here, and I've declared that we are going to pass a law banning sanctuary cities in the state of Texas. Has it worked? It has worked with regard to the withholding of funds, because it was the sheriff of Dallas county who said that she was not going to enforce laws against people who were seeking sanctuary. And when she saw what my order was, she quickly backtracked on that. But when we pass a strong rebuke to sanctuary cities and ban sanctuary cities here in the …” (03:39–03:52)

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