The rhetoric 'points to a new wave of xenophobic politicians who want to take our country in a dangerous direction,' U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said. SanAntonio SATX SanAntonioTX Texas Congress HateSpeech Immigration
Mourners gather in 2019 a memorial for victims of the El Paso Walmart shooting. Wednesday marks the four-year anniversary of the tragedy, which claimed 23 lives.
In a letter sent to congressional leaders of both parties, the groups warned that politicians' continued comparison of people crossing the border to an invaders mirrors the claims of the El Paso shooter and perpetuates right-wing extremists' false claims of a"white genocide." The El Paso shooter drove hundreds of miles from his home in North Texas to target Latinos in what he claimed in an online manifesto was an effort to push back an"invasion of Texas.
Seven pieces of legislation introduced by Republicans in this 118th Congress employ the “invasion” conspiracy theory.
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