How Ted Cruz and the GOP Are Using the Border as a Prop

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Texas congresswoman Veronica Escobar joins The New Abnormal to talk about what Biden can (and can’t) do to solve the immigration debate and how Latinos in her state can be pro-ICE.

Published Mar. 28 2021 4:00AM EDT

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GOP senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn led a tour for themselves and others in their party at the border on Friday, but according to congresswoman Veronica Escobar, who took over Beto O’Rourke’s former 16th District in Texas, it’s all “political theater.”

They want to “use the border as a prop,...

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How Ted Cruz and the GOP Are Using the Border as a Prop

Texas congresswoman Veronica Escobar joins The New Abnormal to talk about what Biden can (and can’t) do to solve the immigration debate and how Latinos in her state can be pro-ICE.

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