All told, Governor Abbott and the state legislature had to spend more than $11 billion to make up for the Biden administration's blunders and malfeasance and nonfeasance when it came to border security and immigration. So it's not particularly complicated. Securing a country's borders is the function of the federal government. $11 billion is no small amount of money for a state, particularly one that doesn't have an income tax to provide that benefits the rest of the country. (11:24–11:29)
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Asserts that border security is a federal responsibility.
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