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Greg Casar: “You used to be able to come back and forth so much more…”

Featuring: Greg Casar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 35

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Published | Video Starts at 16:28

But what I can tell you are what my values are, which is that we should recognize that we're a community of. That has been so. That is just so immigrant and that You used to be able to come back and forth so much more easily and it's... you actually had less problems. You know, my own grandmother was actually born in El Paso. She grew up her entire life in Mexico. But my great grandmother was pregnant when her husband was killed in the violence in Mexico in the teens. (16:28–16:34)

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Asserts that cross-border movement was easier and less problematic in the past.

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