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James Talarico: “It's going to the least trafficked section of the entire…”

Featuring: James Talarico, Democratic | Texas House of Representatives, District 50

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James Talarico Unveils His Border Security Plan

Published | Video Starts at 12:02

Just one contract to just one out of state for profit corporation is going to cost taxpayers $1.7 billion. That's the most expensive contract for border wall construction in Texas history. And It's going to the least trafficked section of the entire southern border and through one of the most sacred parts of Texas. That's. That is the opposite of common sense. And it's what we are standing together to oppose. We have so much more work to do on this issue. (12:02–12:11)

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Asserts that the border wall is being constructed in the least trafficked section of the southern border.

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