… absence of the federal government doing its job during the Biden administration, our international border is a federal responsibility. But in the absence of the Biden administration, enforcing the law, The state of Texas had no alternative but to implement Operation Lone Star. to provide the Department of Public Safety and the National Guard to help secure the border, to help stem the flow of drugs, to help slow down the human trafficking, and to slow down and stop as much of the illegal immigration as they could. (21:31–21:38)
CLAIM
Asserts that Texas had to initiate Operation Lone Star due to federal inaction.
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