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Texas GOP turbocharges immigration fight as races tighten

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Both parties are laying claim to credit for the drop in border encounters.

Border crossings at the Mexican border in July were at their lowest level since July 2020 .

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says his office has removed more than 1 million people from state voter rolls in an effort to “protect the right to vote”.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R) and Sen. Kamala Harris (D) are still strong favorites to win Texas , but polls are narrowing.

Harris has largely avoided taking credit for the border in favor of attacking Republicans on it.

Texas Democrats have echoed Harris ' move to the right on immigration policy in her speech at the DNC .

Allred pointed to the “root causes” strategy on immigration espoused by Harris in Central America’s Northern Triangle .

He argued the kind of approach has worked in the recovery of Colombia from war and chaos over the past two decades .

“It is possible, and we’ve seen that we are able to do that.”.

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