#shorts On 3/6/2023, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “I wondered, Karine, if you could comment on some efforts in Republican states, like Florida and Texas, where they’re cracking down on undocumented immigrants. In the Florida legislature, there’s a proposed bill that looks at requiring private companies to do more to check the immigration status of their employees. In Texas, there are lawmakers considering a bill that would deny undocumented children access to public education. Does the White House have any comment on these efforts?

KJP: … the President’s presidency and his tenure — first day of his tenure, he said very, very clearly that he took immigration reform very seriously …

Reporter: The Texas bill says that they would deny undocumented children access to public education unless the federal government pays for it. If this moves forward in Texas, is this something that the administration would consider intervening in?

KJP: Again, I’m just not — I’m not — I’m not going to get a … Republicans actually taking real action and not doing political stunts, because that’s what we see in these states, is continued political stunts and not really dealing with an issue that they can. If we came in a bipartisan way, we can actually deal with — with the immigration concerns in this country. But they refuse to do that.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/AopBGVhq84s
Q: Texas bill deny undoc children access to public education A: blame GOP political stunts & refuse to deal