Former El Paso City Councilwoman Claudia Rodriguez responds to a Texas Democrat judge saying it's racist to describe the migrant crisis as an invasion.
Former El Paso City Council member Claudia Rodriguez reacts to statements from a judge during House hearing that there is no border invasion and concerns over the crisis are 'racist.'
A former El Paso city councilwoman warned the effects of the border crisis in her community are"unprecedented" after a local judgeClaudia Rodriguez called Democrat El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego's Capitol Hill testimony"irresponsible" on""We are having migrants steal cars and there are all sorts of chases happening in El Paso. People are running across our highways. They're getting run over. They're being killed.
Fox News witnessed around 200 migrants on a street near a greyhound bus in El Paso, Texas, in Decemberand they've all told her the"same exact thing" about why they came to the U.S. "They were coming because President Biden told them to come, they were coming for economic reasons, for economic opportunities. They were all admitting to me, 'We're here illegally,'" Rodriguez said. during a heated House Judiciary Committee hearing."I think the judge owes the people, the Border Patrol agents in El Paso an apology."
In his opening remarks to the committee, Samaniego denied there was a threat to the El Paso community and suggested anyone claiming otherwise had ulterior motives. against citizens or causing havoc in our community," Samaniego said."Claiming this continues a false, racist narrative against individuals to perpetuate violence that the El Paso community is all too familiar with."
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