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Ken Paxton: “We banned [sanctuary cities in Texas].”

Featuring: Ken Paxton, Republican | Attorney General of Texas

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Tucker Carlson Interviews Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Immigration, Cartels, and Political Challenges

Published | Video Starts at 47:06

I don't know the answer, but you're an attorney general. How are states allowed to have sanctuary cities in open violation of federal law? And that's not insurrection? Because … We banned [sanctuary cities in Texas]. … that put that in place. But can states just say we're going to ignore federal law? I think we had a civil war over that, didn't we? (47:06–47:07)

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Asserts that Texas has banned sanctuary cities.

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