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Greg Abbott: “We were able to identify approximately 4,000 prison beds in…”

Featuring: Greg Abbott, Republican | Governor of Texas

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INTERVIEW Gov. Abbott talks about securing the border, school choice and sports gambling

Published | Video Starts at 03:07

So with regard to detention facilities, this is another topic that we talked to the president about this week. What we were able to do before going up there, We were able to identify approximately 4,000 prison beds in the state of Texas at certain locations that would be available to [the federal government] if they needed them for detention purposes. Here's the issue with regard to either land or these detention facilities. It needs to be located in a way that has ease of access for the federal government to get in and to get out. (03:07–03:20)

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Asserts that Texas has identified 4,000 prison beds available for federal detention use.

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