Beto O'Rourke: “In El Paso, about a quarter of the population was born…”

“… so safe is not in spite of the fact that we are cities of immigrants, but because of the fact that we are cities of immigrants. And in our case, In El Paso, about a quarter of the population was born somewhere else, chose to come to the United States of America, chose to come to the great state of Texas. chose to stay and grow their families and start their businesses and pursue their educations and create extraordinary things that we will all benefit from in my hometown of El Paso, Texas.” (03:38–03:48)

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