SANDERS ARE THERE. EARLIER TODAY, WE SPOKE TO
JULIAN CASTRO.
JULIAN CASTRO. >> I’M DISAPPOINTED THAT VICE
PRESIDENT BIDEN REFUSES TO
UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED TO
REPEAL SECTION 1325 OF THE
IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT.
IT SEEMS LIKE ONE OF US HAS
LEARNED THE LESSONS OF THE PAST
AND ONE OF US HASN’T.
IF WE WANT TO END FAMILY
SEPARATION, GUARANTEE NO FUTURE
ADMINISTRATION CAN DO IT, WITH E
NEED TO REPEAL SECTION 2025, I
WAS GLAD TO SEE, SENATOR WARREN
AGREED WITH ME.
AND A RECENT POLL OF DEMOCRATIC
VOTERS SAID 75% OF DEMOCRATIC
VOTERS AGREE WITH MY POSITION.
>> HEY, THERE, VAUGHAN, THIS IS
GOING ON OF COURSE AND AS YOU
MENTIONED WITH JULIAN CASTRO,
THERE’S AN UPROAR OVER THE
IMMIGRATION POLICIES, WHAT ARE
THE OTHER CANDIDATES AND PEOPLE
ATTENDING SAYING ABOUT THIS IN
WASHINGTON?
WASHINGTON? >> EXACTLY.
>> EXACTLY. THAT’S WHERE SUDDENLY THIS
CONVERSATION HAS GONE.
THE BACKDROP OF TODAY, AS FOLKS
ARE WALKING INTO THIS
CONVENTION, THIS IS A GROUP THAT
HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 90 YEARS.
THEY HAVE BEEN ON THE FRONT
LINES OF CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUES,
CONNECTED TO THE LATINO
COMMUNITY FOR A LONG TIME.
THE BACKDROP IN WHICH WE WERE
WALKING INTO TODAY, NOT ONLY
NEWS, DEPORTATION RATES,
BEGINNING IN TEN MAJOR AMERICAN
CITIES, AND THE QUESTION OF
WHETHER THE PRESIDENT WAS GOING
TO TRY TO SIGN AN EXECUTIVE
ACTION AS A CITIZEN QUESTION TO
THE U.S. CENSUS.
THERE’S A LOT OF QUESTIONS HERE
IN THE NEXT HOUR AS TO WHAT
EXACTLY THE PRESIDENT IS
ANNOUNCING WHEN IT COMES TO
ADDING A CITIZENSHIP QUESTION TO
THE CENSUS.
THE CENSUS. IF YOU WERE SAYING, YOU JUST
HEARD JULIAN CASTRO, FOCUSSING
ON PRESIDENT TRUMP, THERE’S ALSO
FOCUSSING ON THE SEPARATION, AND
WHAT DISTINGUISHES EACH OF THESE
CANDIDATES AMONGST ONE ANOTHER
AND JULIAN CASTRO HAS BEEN ON
THE FRONT LINES IN CALLING FOR
THE DECRIMINALIZATION OF
CROSSING THE BORDER.
NOW, JULIAN CASTRO IS QUICK TO
POINT OUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN
LEGALIZING THE ACT OF CROSSING
THE BORDER, IT MEANS
DECRIMINALIZING IT AND ALLOWING
AN IMMIGRATION COURT PROCESS TO
TAKE PLACE IN WHICH INDIVIDUALS
THAT ARE SEEKING ASYLUM CAN BE
GRANTED ASYLUM OR BE DENIED BUT
THEN ALSO THOSE SIMPLY CROSSING
WITHOUT DOCUMENTATION CAN EITHER
BE DEPORTED BACK OR ULTIMATELY
DETERMINED TO BE ABLE TO STAY
HERE.
HERE. ELIZABETH WARREN IS GOING TO BE
ANNOUNCING TONIGHT HER OWN
IMMIGRATION POLICY IN WHICH
SHE’S BACKING THE
DECRIMINALIZATION BUT KAMALA
HARRIS DOES AS WELL, AS WELL AS
MAYOR PETE BUTTIGIEG.
JOE BIDEN AS YOU HEARD CASTRO
THERE EXPLICITLY CALL OUT IS
SOMEBODY WHO HAS NOT GOTTEN ON
BOARD WITH THAT.
CASTRO SUGGESTED THERE’S ONE
INDIVIDUAL, MEANING HIM, WHO HAS
MOVED ALONG WITH THE TIMES AND
THERE’S SOMEBODY THAT HAS NOT
LEARNED FROM HISTORY, THAT BEING
JOE BIDEN.
JOE BIDEN. JOEY JOHNSON, THE FORMER DHS
SECRETARY UNDER THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION, HE IN SORT OF A
DEFENSE OF JOE BIDEN SAID THAT
THE CONCERN IS FOR DEMOCRATS
THAT ARE TAKING THIS
DECRIMINALIZATION POSITION THAT
YOU ARE SUGGESTING THAT THERE’S
AN OPEN BORDER POLICY.
AND IN AN ELECTION AGAINST
DONALD TRUMP, WHAT ARE THE
RAMIFICATIONS IN TERMS OF A
MESSAGING TO THE WIDER AMERICAN
ELECTORATE.
ELECTORATE. AGAIN, THERE’S A LOT OF
CONVERSATION HERE, THOUGH, ABOUT
WHAT DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO BE
DOING OVER THE NEXT YEAR AND A
HALF, AS IN TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
ESSENTIALLY HAS FULL REIGN OVER
THE POLICIES THAT IT EXECUTES.
LOOK ON SUNDAY THERE, YOU HAVE
TEN MAJOR AMERICAN CITIES THAT
ARE GOING TO BE FACING
DEPORTATION RAIDS BY I.C.E.
THE QUESTION IS AT THIS MOMENT
IN TIME, IF DEMOCRATS ARE LEFT
WITH LITTLE RECONNAISSANCE TO
ACTUALLY TAKE ACTION TO STOP
SUCH EFFORTS AND SO THERE’S A
LOT OF FOLKS, A LOT OF ACTIVISTS
FROM GROUPS LIKE THIS, THAT HAVE
SAID THIS IS THE TIME TO BECOME
ENGAGED.
ENGAGED. CROW LOOK AT THE -- YOU LOOK AT
THE LIKES OF ARIZONA.
DONALD TRUMP WON IN 2016 BY 3
PERCENTAGE POINTS.
PERCENTAGE POINTS. YOU LOOK AT THE LIKES OF TEXAS,
POLICY, REAL LIFE IMPACT OF
POLICY, YOU’RE ALSO LOOKING AT
THE POLITICAL GAMEMANSHIP OVER
THE NEXT YEAR NATCH, ANDAND A HA
THAT’S AT THE HEART IN
MILWAUKEE, AT THE ROSE GARDEN AT
THE WHITE HOUSE, THE PRESIDENT
IS SAID TO HAVE A NEWS
CONFERENCE IN THE NEXT HALF
HOUR.
HOUR. >> THEY ALL SEEM TO AGREE THE
PRESIDENT ISN’T DOING THINGS
CORRECTLY.
CORRECTLY. WHAT WILL THEY DO DIFFERENTLY.