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Ken Paxton: “The Obama executive orders would literally come in and say…”

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 07:04

That he would cross that you would say, hey, you need to not do that? Sure. So the difference. So Far. And I read the most recent executive orders on immigration. The Obama executive orders would literally come in and say, the statute now says this. Well, Congress has to change the statute. He would just change statutes, like total words and definitions. President Trump has not done that. At least the executive orders that I've read. (07:04–07:10)

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Asserts that Obama changed statutes through executive orders.

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