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Newsreel: Abbott Lawsuit, E-Verify, State Budget

This week in the Newsreel: Abbott files suit over the president's immigration executive order, Perry tells state agencies to check citizenship of workers and state budgeteers approve funding to keep state police on the border.

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This week in The Texas Weekly Newsreel: Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is filing suit against the federal government over the president's executive order on immigration, Gov. Rick Perry has asked all state agencies to use the E-Verify system to check citizenship of workers and state budgeteers approve funding to keep state police deployed on the border with Mexico.

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