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Spencer Cox: “The federal government has to pay for this, that it can't…”

Featuring: Spencer Cox, Republican | Governor of Utah

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Governor's Monthly News Conference [August 21, 2025]

Published | Video Starts at 23:15

We've offered to help there. So those are where we would be able. So that was condition number one. Condition number two is that The federal government has to pay for this, that it can't come out of state funding. And so we're in active communication with the federal government. And by the way, I think that's true of most states that that's the way most states are feeling about this. (23:15–23:21)

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Asserts that federal funding is required for Utah's National Guard to assist ICE.

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