The uber-underdog picked a fight with a bigshot, and won. Can Beto O’Rourke recover?
’s draconian policies. And while he still has a steep uphill climb, Castro’s strong showing will likely inject some much needed energy into his six-month-old campaign.as the latter laid out his immigration agenda—a broad-strokes plan that would involve protecting DREAMers, “invest[ing] in solutions in Central America” to target issues that lead to undocumented migration, and reversing Trump’s cruel treatment of migrant kids and asylum seekers.
Castro began to talk over O’Rourke, pointing out that the Texas representative has refused to support decriminalizing border crossings. He evinced a far deeper understanding of the issue, meeting O’Rourke’s lofty rhetoric with a detailed smackdown centered on policy.
“I think it’s a mistake, Beto,” Castro continued, to applause from the crowd in Miami. “And I think that if you truly want to change the system, then we gotta repeal that section. If not, it might as well be the same policy.” O’Rourke attempted to pivot back to his promise to protect asylum seekers, but Castro held his ground. “I’m not talking about the ones that are seeking asylum,” Castro said. “I’m talking about everybody else.
“You’re looking at one small part of this,” O’Rourke said. “I’m talking about a comprehensive rewrite of our immigration laws.” “That’s not true,” Castro shot back, noting that he’s talking about “millions of folks” who are crossing the border as undocumented immigrants, not as asylum-seekers, and taking O’Rourke to task for concerns he expressed about human trafficking should Section 1325 be eliminated, as other codes already specifically address the matter. “I think that you should do your homework on this issue,” Castro said.
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