It's been targeted by terrible public policy that I also mentioned. And we've been depicted for a long time as a place to be feared or as a place to be controlled. And It is such a place of beauty and opportunity and a place of safety and security. and in many ways represents the best of America. I've described our community, and many of us describe my community, as the new Ellis Island. (09:58–10:04)
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Asserts that the border region is a place of beauty, opportunity, safety, and security.
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