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I have to convince other Democrats and Republicans that it's wise to invest in the U.S.-Mexico border, not just for security, but also for mobility and trade, and that's why we should open up the border.

~Beto O'Rourke

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I'm for the DREAM Act. It makes so much sense. Following the implementation of the DREAM Act, we'll have a case study we can point to where we can say that we provided a path to citizenship or legal involvement in the community for these young immigrants, and the sky didn't fall.

~Beto O'Rourke

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We in El Paso and Juarez are literally one community. There's no separation; there's no DMZ; there's no buffer.

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Part of the job for me and others from El Paso who live along the border is to dispel the myths about how supposedly dangerous the border is.

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In terms of immigration, we're seeing a lot of Democrats and Republicans use the really elastic term, 'Comprehensive Immigration Reform,' and they don't totally understand what that means. For us in El Paso, it's part of a larger discussion about the nature of the border.

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Juarez had become a failed city. The mayor of Juarez lived in El Paso. Not only did he not live in his own city, he didn't live in his own country. You had all these kids out of school who didn't want to work because they saw their mothers toiling in jobs for hardly any cash.

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El Paso in many ways is the Ellis Island for Mexico and much of Latin America.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: September 26th, 1972

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