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♪ STEVE THE LONE STAR STATE OF
TEXAS UNVEILING THE FIRST
STRETCH OF THE STATE FUNDED
BORDER WALL AS JOE BIDEN’S
IMMIGRATION CRISIS SPIRALS OUT
OF CONTROL AS WE HAVE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT.
HERE WITH MORE ON HIS STATE’S
EFFORTS TO KEEP THEIR BORDER
SAFE TEXAS LAND COMMISSIONER
RUNNING FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL OF
THE STATE GEORGE P. BUSH.
GEORGE, GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
STEVE: EXPLAIN HOW THIS WOULD
WORK.
I KNOW AS SOON AS JOE BIDEN CAME
INTO OFFICE HE PULLED DONALD
TRUMP’S EFFORTS TO BUILD THE
WALL.
NOW WHAT ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO
DO.
>> SO, ONE OF MY FIRST ACTS OF
OFFICE THIS YEAR AT THE LAND
COMMISSION WAS TO SURVEY THE
ENTIRETY OF WHAT THE STATE OWNED
IN THE BORDER LANDS OF OUR GREAT
1200 MILES OF STRETCH.
AND SO AS IT TURNS OUT OVER
200,000 ACRES MANAGED BY MY
AGENCY AT OR NEAR THE BORDER.
AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
TEXAS FACILITIES COMMISSION, THE
GOVERNOR’S OFFICE AND THE TEXAS
LEGISLATURE WE WENT KNOWING THAT
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
WOULDN’T DO THEIR JOB.
SO WE WERE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE ON
SATURDAY MORNING IT WAS THE
PEOPLE OF TEXAS ON STATE OWNED
LAND.
WE FINALLY SAID ENOUGH IS
ENOUGH.
ENOUGH OF THE OPEN BORDERS
POLICY.
ENOUGH OF THE RECORD SPIKE IN
VIOLENT CRIME AND DRUG SMUGGLING
THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN BORDER
COMMUNITIES IN TEXAS.
AND WE’RE GOING TO TAKE MATTERS
INTO OUR OWN HANDS KNOWING IN
THE NEXT THREE YEARS WE ARE NOT
GOING TO GET ASSISTANCE FROM THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON THEIR.
WE ARE EXCITED WITH THE FIRST
STRETCH OF WALL THAT IS BEING
CONSTRUCTED TO ADDRESS ONE OF
THE MOST TRAFFICKED CORRIDORS OF
VIOLENCE THAT YOU WILL FIND IN
OUR ENTIRE STATE, A TWO MILE
STRETCH WHERE OVER 100 MIGRANTS
COME ACROSS ON A DAILY BASIS.
AND WE LOOK TO ENGAGE WITH
PRIVATE LANDOWNERS AND RANCHERS
SO THAT THEY CAN BE A PART OF
THIS EFFORT AS WELL.
STEVE: OKAY.
YOU JUST TOUCHED ON SOMETHING
THERE AT THE END.
YOU ARE GOING TO ENGAGE WITH
PRIVATE LANDOWNERS AND RANCHERS.
BECAUSE THEY REALLY HOLD THE KEY
IN HELPING THE STATE OF TEXAS
FINISH THAT WALL.
>> THAT’S CORRECT.
MOST OF THE BORDER IS OWNED
PRIVATELY.
PURSUANT TO OPERATION LONE STAR
WHICH IS THE GOVERNOR’S
INITIATIVE TO ARREST PEOPLE
UNDER CRIMINAL TRESPASSING
STATUTE, REQUIRES ENGAGEMENT IF
W. PRIVATE RANCHERS, LANDOWNERS
TO SIGN AFFIDAVITS AND IN THIS
CASE WALL CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS
THAT ALLOW US TO FURTHER
CONSTRUCT.
WE HAVE A LOT OF THE FORMER
CONTRACTORS DURING THE TRUMP
DAYS.
WE HAVE THE FUNDING FROM THE
BUILDING BEHIND ME TO GET TO
WORK.
I THINK MY AGENCY ALONG WITH THE
FACILITIES COMMISSION, THE
GOVERNOR’S OFFICE WOULD NOW LIKE
IT SIGN MORE DEALS WITH PRIVATE
LANDOWNERS SO THAT THEY CAN BE A
PART OF THIS.
I JUST WRAPPED UP A WEEK LONG
TOUR OF THE BORDER FROM EL PASO
TO McALLEN AND SOME LANDOWNERS
ARE ASKING CAN I SHOOT?
CAN I SHOOT TO BASICALLY
WITHSTAND THE AMOUNT OF SURGE
THAT WE ARE SEEING AND OF COURSE
WE WANT A MORE PEACEFUL APPROACH
TO THIS BUT BUILDING WALLS WORK.
THAT’S WHAT BORDER PATROL TELLS
US.
WE WOULD LOVE FOR THE PRIVATE
COMMUNITY TO BE A PART OF THIS
EFFORT.
STEVE: DO YOU MEAN CAN I SHOOT?
CAN I USE -- HAVE A FIREARM TO
PROTECT MY FAMILY OR WHAT DO YOU
MEAN BY THAT?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
FOR -- WHEN YOU TALK TO FARMERS
AND RANCHERS, A LOT OF THEM
DESCRIBE A KINDLER GENTLER
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION PATTERN IN
PRIOR GENERATIONS.
NOW IT HAS REACHED SUCH A
HEIGHTENED LEVEL OF VIOLENCE AND
INSECURITY WHERE FARMERS AND
RANCHERS INCLUDING THE ONE WE
JUST BUILT THE FIRST PART OF
THAT WALL ARE NOW THREATENED ON
THEIR OWN ACREAGE AND AROUND
THEIR OWN PROPERTY AND THAT’S
JUST, UNAMERICAN.
WE NEED A STATE LIKE OURS TO
STEP FORWARD.
STEVE: YOU ARE RUNNING FOR
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
WHY DO YOU WANT THAT JOB?
WELL, I THINK WE NEED TO
CONTINUE THIS EFFORT.
I THINK UNFORTUNATELY KEN HAS
BEEN SLEEPING AT THE WHEEL TOE
BACK STOP OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT
OPERATION LONE STAR, WHICH IS
APPREHENDING, DETAINING, AND
JAILING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
CRIMINAL TRESPASSING STATUTES.
HE HASN’T BACK STOPPED OUR LOCAL
COUNTY ATTORNEYS AND D.A.S WITH
THE RESOURCES TO GET THE JOB
DONE.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS A
CATCH AND RELEASE POLICY.
IN TEXAS WE NEED TO STAND FOR A
CATCH AND JAIL POLICY.
I’M GOING TO FIGHT FOR THE
BORDER.
LAW ENFORCEMENT, HUMAN
TRAFFICKING AND RESTORE
INTEGRITY TO THIS IMPORTANT
OFFICE.
STEVE: ALL RIGHT.
HE IS GEORGE P. BUSH RUNNING FOR
ATTORNEY GENERAL.