First Night of Dem 2020 Debates: Immigration Summary
Published:
Thu, Jun 27th 2019 @ 2:43 pm EDT
Last night's Democratic 2020 Presidential debate, the first of two this week in Miami, covered many issues from climate change to gun control, but none were more shocking than the candidates' responses to immigration questions posed by the moderators. Below are excerpts of each candidate's statements on the topic of immigration, they are listed in the order by which the candidates responded during the debate.
Note: Oscar and Valeria are the names of the father and daughter who tragically drowned while trying to cross the Rio Grande in an attempt to illegally enter the United States. Their story was the centerpiece of the moderators' immigration questions and is referenced multiple times by the presidential candidates.
https://www.numbersusa.com/news/first-night-dem-2020-debates-immigration-summary
