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Ken Paxton: “I've seen some studies that say that illegal immigration…”

Featuring: Ken Paxton, Republican | Attorney General of Texas

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FULL Ken Paxton one-on-one with KXAN's Phil Prazan

Published | Video Starts at 04:04

And you saw the president's executive order where he's going to allow more border agents, more immigration agents, the wall, sanctuary city defunding for cities that do this. So there's a lot of things at play here that could potentially help Texas because I've seen some studies that say that illegal immigration costs up to 12 billion. The wall itself supposedly only going to cost 10 to 15 billion. So, you know, one time cost versus this ongoing cost that we're dealing with could be helpful. (04:04–04:10)

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Asserts that studies estimate illegal immigration costs up to $12 billion.

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