It's frustrating because they should first help the people on the border who are citizens the United States and who are suffering, who are at greater risk of having harm done to their property or harm done to them or to their families. It seems like if you cared about the American people, you would address that problem first, before you spend billions of dollars on Central American countries.
Ken Paxton Carolinian
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Exclusive: Texas AG Paxton Says Joe Biden’s Open Border Policies a ‘Travesty of Justice’ for the American People (December 15, 2021)
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