Beto O'Rourke: “The reason that cities like ours are so strong and so…”

“… from those in power thousands of miles away from US in Washington, D.C. or opinion makers in New York or other parts of the country who fail to see that The reason that cities like ours are so strong and so successful and also 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 …” (03:24–03:38)

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