A Texas Democrat referred to El Paso, Texas, as “the new Ellis Island” as she accompanied Vice President Kamala Harris to the southern border on Friday.
“Welcome to El Paso, welcome to my community, to the new Ellis Island, to the capital of the border,” said Rep. Veronica Escobar, who represents Texas’s 16th Congressional District, which encompasses El Paso.
Escobar went on to express a “heart full of gratitude” to Harris and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for their approach to Central American migration at the border.
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“We finally have an administration willing to tackle the big challenges, challenges that our country has dealt with for decades — willing to tackle challenges in a meaningful, thoughtful, strategic, compassionate way,” Escobar said, “and that means starting with root causes and understanding what’s driving people from their home, what’s making them arrive at our nation’s front door.”
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Harris returned from a trip to Guatemala and Mexico earlier this month, in which she said she discussed with leaders the root causes of migration of people from those countries to the United States.
