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Greg Abbott

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Greg Wayne Abbott is the 48th Governor of Texas, having taken office on January 20, 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Abbott previously served as the Attorney General of Texas from 2002 to 2015, where he focused on issues such as consumer protection and immigration enforcement. As governor, he has prioritized conservative policies, including tax cuts, education reform, and gun rights.

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Jul 23, 2023

One of the goals is to slow down and deter as many of them as possible.

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Jul 18, 2023

A strategy that no state has ever before deployed, to stop people from entering Texas illegally.

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May 11, 2023

Reliable, high-speed Internet is an essential part of providing world-class education, healthcare, and business opportunities to hardworking Texans across the state.

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May 11, 2023

Reliable, high-speed Internet is an essential part of providing world-class education, healthcare, and business opportunities to hardworking Texans across the state.

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May 10, 2023

Reliable, high-speed Internet is an essential part of providing world-class education, healthcare, and business opportunities to hardworking Texans across the state.

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May 7, 2023

The first step to leading to some type of resolution here is to know exactly why and how this happened.

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May 7, 2023

The people in Allen, but especially the families, they want to know right now, why this happened? How it happened?

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May 1, 2023

Under Operation Lone Star, Texas allocated more than $11 billion of Texas taxpayer money for border security, and earlier this year I requested Congress reimburse Texas for these costs in full.

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Apr 30, 2023

I've announced a $50,000.00 reward for info on the criminal who killed five illegal immigrants Friday.

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Apr 16, 2023

Texas has one of the strongest stand your ground laws of self-defense that cannot be nullified by a jury or progressive district attorney.

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Apr 9, 2023

Texas has one of the strongest Stand Your Ground laws of self-defense that cannot be nullified by a jury or a progressive district attorney.

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Dec 19, 2022

The Republican governor has repeatedly criticized the Biden administration for not doing enough to secure the border.

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Sep 15, 2022

What we have done in the state of Texas is follow the law to the T. to make sure that everything that we have done comports with the federal law.

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Sep 15, 2022

I`m the former attorney general in Texas, as well as a former Texas Supreme Court justice. I know the law very well.

msnbc.com
Sep 15, 2022

Most of America has not really understood the magnitude of the problem that we have on the border until we started sending these buses up to New York.

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Sep 15, 2022

I know the law very well. And what we have done in the state of Texas is follow the law to the T.

msnbc.com
Sep 9, 2022

Remember those high taxes, burdensome regulations, and socialistic agenda advanced in California, we don`t believe in that. We believe in less government more individual freedom.

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Aug 14, 2022

Our border must be secure, and we will not tolerate illegal immigration in Texas.

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Aug 6, 2022

As horrible as what happened, it could have been worse. The reason it was not worse is because law enforcement officials did what they do. They showed amazing courage by running toward gunfire for the singular purpose of trying to save…

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Aug 6, 2022

And now the director of the Texas Department of Public Safety.

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