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Gov. Greg Abbott says more apprehensions, drug seizures justify a border wall. Advocates say he s misrepresenting the numbers
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Asylum-seeking migrant families walked to turn themselves into the U.S. Border Patrol after crossing the Rio Grande at Starr County on June 9. Credit: REUTERS/Go Nakamura
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When Gov. Greg Abbott announced in May that his office will build a wall at the Texas-Mexico border and again on Wednesday when he visited the border with former President Donald Trump he said a rising number of apprehensions by Border Patrol agents and seizures of the drug fentanyl made building a state-funded border wall necessary.
Texas governor misrepresents stats in border wall push, advocates say
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Gov Greg Abbott says more apprehensions, drug seizures justify a border wall Advocates say he s misrepresenting the numbers
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