Julian Castro in National Public Radio


On Immigration: Don't separate kids and families; don't jail asylum seekers

We're not going to separate little children from their families ... we're not going to routinely put people in detention. Now if somebody has committed a crime, then of course you're still going to sometimes have the ability to detain somebody. But let's just say a mom that has come here with her little baby, I would not incarcerate those folks. I would not treat them as criminals.
Source: NPR Morning Edition, "Election 2020: Opening Arguments" May 24, 2019

On Immigration: Current "merit" system says only certain people have merit

I'd ask folks to think about what we consider a "skilled" job today. Do you think that you could go and spend 10 hours picking a crop in the fields of California? Do you think that you could spend 10 hours in 102 degrees, underneath the blaring sun on a roof in Texas? That is skilled labor. But this merit system that the president has set up says that only certain people have merit.
Source: NPR Morning Edition: Election 2020 Special Series May 24, 2019

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