Julian Castro on immigration spar with Joe Biden: 'This is not about Obama' via HuffPost
Fresh off his debate tangle with former Vice President Joe Biden over the Obama administration’s deportation policies, Democratic presidential hopeful Julián Castro clarified that he was not specifically challenging President Barack Obama.
Asked by moderator Jon Ralston what the candidate meant when he suggested Biden hadn’t learned from “the lessons of the past,” Castro suggested that the Obama administration made improvements on immigration reform but didn’t go far enough. Castro has proposed to decriminalize illegal border crossings, making it a civil violation and preventing future administrations from separating families at the border.
After his time was up, Castro told reporters backstage that he feels the news media was playing into the Biden campaign’s hands by framing his criticism of the vice president as an attack on the Obama administration.
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