Greg Abbott: “We still have the National Guard on the border.”

“To pass another law, Senate Bill 4 last session, to make sure that we would have the power to, to make those arrests is just incalculable. What we had to go through. Now We still have the National Guard on the border. We still have Texas Department of Public Safety involved. But instead of having to act in a way hostile to our own country, we're now partners with a very effective federal government.” (32:42–32:45)

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