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Greg Abbott: “We need to do things like eliminate parole for criminals…”

Featuring: Greg Abbott, Republican | Governor of Texas

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LIVE Texas Governor Greg Abbott delivers 2025 State of the State address

Published | Video Starts at 13:42

But a reality is this. No one can benefit from a better education or from our booming economy if they're not safe. To make our community safer, We need to do things like eliminate parole for criminals convicted of child trafficking. We must. We must deny bail to criminals charged with capital or murder and other heinous violent crimes. Illegal immigrants who are arrested should be considered a flight risk, denied bail and turned over to ice. (13:42–13:50)

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Proposes eliminating parole for those convicted of child trafficking.

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