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Ramon Romero Jr.: “We shouldn't be doing a federal job and certainly not…”

Featuring: Ramon Romero Jr., Democratic | Texas House of Representatives, District 90

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Published | Video Starts at 48:32

They're down there just pulling folks over. Yes. Can we show that they're helping? Anytime you put people on there with more eyes, of course it's going to help. But We shouldn't be doing a federal job and certainly not spending money that could have been used so much more wisely and giving that education to our children. So you are, like many of your colleagues in the Republican Party, critical of the federal government for not doing its job on the border. It sounds like. Absolutely. Absolutely. (48:32–48:40)

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Asserts that state resources are being misallocated to federal responsibilities instead of education.

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