"Just Being Racist": Biden & Trump Push Anti-Immigrant Policies in Dueling Border Visits

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Joe Biden and Donald Trump both visited the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas on Thursday, where the two leading presidential candidates each pitched anti-immigration measures to further militarize the border and restrict asylum. Meanwhile, a federal judge blocked a new Texas law set to go into effect that would give police the power to arrest migrants they suspect of entering the U.S. without authorization.For more, we speak with Marisa Limón Garza, executive director of Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, one of the groups challenging this Texas law. "Clearly, Texas has become a battleground for the soul of this nation," she says, adding that regardless of which party is in power, immigrant communities come under attack.

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