Julián Castro managed to make his mark in the first Democratic debate with his scathing attack on fellow Texan Beto O’Rourke over the humanitarian crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border.
“Let's be very clear: The reason that they're separating these little children from their families is that they're using Section 1325 of that act, which criminalizes coming across the border to incarcerate the parents and then separate them,” Castro told the audience.
Jess Morales Rocketto, who chairs Families Belong Together, a nonpartisan group working to end the separations, was especially pleased that Castro highlighted the contrast between his plan and O’Rourke’s. The Castros each declined to challenge Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, but O’Rourke, until then an obscure border-district congressman, jumped in the race.
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