Texas Dem Rep-Elect: Whoever Wants Our Support in ‘28 ‘Has to Prioritize Immigration Reform, Period’

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PULIDO: “You know, when I first got into this race, I really wanted to get down on the ground and talk to regular -- regular folk. I didn't want to run a campaign based on commercials. And what I really, really got was that we used to see immigration is us and then them. It's not. We're all the same. In the Rio Grande Valley there's tons of mixed status families, good people. There are people that we love that we know we've known forever. And right now they're afraid to go out to the grocery store. And what we're seeing is cruelty meeting corruption. If there's something that we sent a message in this last election on November 3rd is that we're tired of the cruelty and we're tired of the corruption. Because these for profit prisons, what they're doing is they're profiting off of being cruel. And then they turn around and yes, contribute to Republicans. This is what's going on. We need to end that. And I'm going to say this: Whoever wants to get our support in '28 has to prioritize immigration reform, period.” (Cheering and Applause)