I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again - any candidate that is not serious about stopping illegal immigration is not a serious candidate. And that includes the so-called “principled conservative” ones.
One problem is that even a supposedly conservative Texas House and Senate failed to pass a law outlawing sanctuary cities. Gov. Abbott is trying to put pressure on Dallas to cough up Criminals, but even a clever lawyer like him is likely to have limited success, because no governor of Texas can do much more than raise the issue.