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Greg Abbott: “Just two and a half years ago we had the fewest illegal…”

Featuring: Greg Abbott, Republican | Governor of Texas

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Gov. Abbott Holds Border Security Press Conference With Sheriffs In Corpus Christi

Published | Video Starts at 02:18

And one of the sheriffs here today is having to ask for morgues because of the number of dead bodies that he has in his county. And they're constantly having to respond to fear by their constituents. Remember this. It was Just two and a half years ago we had the fewest illegal border crossings in decades. And that's because of four measures that were put into place, and that is remain in Mexico, the Title 42 policy, the end of catch and release, and building a border wall. (02:18–02:26)

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Asserts that illegal border crossings were at a historic low two and a half years ago.

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