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James Talarico: “We can both secure our border and welcome hardworking…”

Featuring: James Talarico, Democratic | Texas House of Representatives, District 50

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Full interview: Democratic Texas Senate nominee James Talarico

Published | Video Starts at 14:41

… intentionally clips that, that comment to take out the part where I say we need a lock on the door. And that's because he doesn't want Texans to know that We can both secure our border and welcome hardworking immigrants who want to contribute to our communities and our economy. We can and must do both of those things. I'm tired of the false choices being presented in our politics. I'm tired of using these really critical, important issues as political weapons to beat up on each other. (14:41–14:48)

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Asserts that border security and welcoming immigrants are not mutually exclusive goals.

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