Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke heads to Mexico to meet with immigrants seeking U.S. asylum 'turned away from our borders.'
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke is heading to Mexico on Sunday to meet with immigrants seeking U.S. asylum but"turned away" at the border.
O'Rourke hopes to"shed light on the desperate circumstances those who are seeking asylum and refuge are fleeing, and the conditions these families and individuals are forced to endure when they've been turned away from our borders." That includes meeting with people and organizations providing immigrants care and assistance in Mexico.
Praising his hometown as part of the world's largest"binational" community with Juarez is a centerpiece of O'Rourke's presidential campaign, and he released a sweeping immigration plan in May calling for providing millions of people in the country illegally with a"pathway" to U.S.
"In all of the debate around immigration, we can't forget who it impacts most: the people traveling thousands of miles, fleeing the worst kind of violence and oppression," O'Rourke said in a statement late Saturday."Turning away refugees, families and asylum seekers is not who we are as a country. But as long as Donald Trump is president — it will be."
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