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Joshua Acevedo: “The state governor had asked [state troopers] to do…”

Featuring: Joshua Acevedo, El Paso City Council, District 2 | Texas

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El Paso District 2 Representative Joshua Acevedo Discusses Community Development and Challenges on 915 Talk

Published | Video Starts at 28:51

Right. And so I had a meeting with the, the state troopers in Austin a few weeks ago and it was really interesting to kind of hear the perspective because The state governor had asked [state troopers] to do immigration stuff and they were kind of over it. and they said we don't, we don't want to do this anymore. The numbers are not there. We want to focus on other safety issues that we're there for. (28:51–28:59)

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Asserts that the state governor directed state troopers to handle immigration tasks.

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