Beto O'Rourke: “It's safe not in spite of the fact that we are a city full…”

“… matter of minutes in a city that's, that's metro area is about 1 million large, that doesn't lose 20 people in a given year because it's so fucking safe. And It's safe not in spite of the fact that we are a city full of immigrants. It's safe because we are a city full of immigrants. And we're not the outlier. I mean, you look at New York City, you look at Laredo, Texas, you look at San Diego, there's a correlation between immigrants making our communities better, stronger, and, yes, safer as well.” (20:22–20:31)

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