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Jasmine Crockett: “The state grew by approximately 4 million people. Of those 4…”

Featuring: Jasmine Crockett, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 30

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Texas Representative Discusses Education Department Closure and Political Challenges

Published | Video Starts at 09:23

Most people don't realize that, but we have More people of color than not in this state. And when we look at the most recent census, The state grew by approximately 4 million people. Of those 4 million people, approximately half of them were Latino. And when we do the census, we're counting people that have citizenship as well as those that don't have citizenship. (09:23–09:32)

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Asserts that Texas's population increased by 4 million, with half being Latino.

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