There was another law that we worked on that was blocked by Democrats that I want to make sure we get past this next session. The new law is similar to what I just talked about with one difference, and that is We want to ensure that any illegal immigrant who is in Texas illegally and commits a felony is going to be arrested and be behind bars and denied bail while they are awaiting trial. for the felony that they were arrested for. And the reason for this is very simple. And that is somebody who's here illegally is at a greater flight risk than somebody else. (12:20–12:36)
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