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Ken Paxton: “I couldn't undo it [in-state tuition for undocumented…”

Featuring: Ken Paxton, Republican | Attorney General of Texas

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Published | Video Starts at 18:50

I like that. We make our references available. So if we misread a stat, that's the only show where that's the case. But I had the opportunity. It took me. I couldn't undo it [in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants] to the legislature. It was like the Republican legislature kept what Rick Perry put in place. And I worked at this situation where maybe the federal government sued me over it and we've signed a consent decree and it's gone. (18:50–18:52)

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Claims legislative efforts to reverse in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants were unsuccessful.

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