American - Politician | September 26, 1972 -
We can either be governed by fear - fear of immigrants, fear of Muslims, call the press the enemy of the people, tear kids away from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border - or we can be governed by our ambitions and our aspirations and our desire to make the most out of all of us. And that's America at its best.
Beto O'Rourke
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We will be judged. There will be an accounting; there will be a reckoning sooner or later. It will either come from ourselves and our own conscience, or it will come from our kids when they ask that inconvenient question: 'What were you doing when they turned those kids back from the border?'
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In the age of Trump, we need to be aware of emotional rhetoric and its power regardless of whether or not it's based in fact.
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We are not a fearful, small people. We are confident and strong, and we understand that much of our strength comes from the fact that we are a people of the planet.
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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.
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I can think of nothing more American than to peacefully stand up or take a knee for your rights - anytime, anywhere, anyplace.
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That's the primary mission of ours: to protect the border, enhance the border, and capitalize on what the border has to offer. It's the source of jobs, source of positive immigration stories.
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The border is safe; it's secure. El Paso is the safest city in America. Let's own that. Let's be proud of that. And then, I think, good policy can follow from that, better outcomes included.
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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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I think competition always produces better results than a monopoly.
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El Paso in many ways is the Ellis Island for Mexico and much of Latin America.
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You have to tell the people that you want to serve what it is you believe and what you are going to do on their behalf.
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