Henry Cuellar: “If I would focus on criminals and deport criminals, all of us will be applauding.”

“What was that process like for you, seeing, you know, a religious member of our community and not Just her other people as well. What did that do to you, seeing that happen? If I would focus on criminals and deport criminals, all of us will be applauding. But the moment they start going after construction workers, right, they start going after religious folks like Sister Leticia or Pastor Salceda, where he and his wife were going off to a retreat, a Billy Graham retreat.” (24:11–24:17)

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