Beto O’Rourke, a former Democratic senatorial and presidential candidate who launched a bid for governor of Texas on Monday, publicly broke with President Joe Biden just hours after starting his campaign, telling a local TV station Biden isn’t doing enough to secure the southern border.
O’Rourke, a former U.S. representative from an El Paso-based district, said in an interview with Fort Worth’s KTVT-TV that the federal government should be doing more to ensure there is “predictability, order and the rule of law” at the border.
He said the U.S. needs to do a better job of making sure migrants who cross the border without a credible asylum claim are deported back to their home country, a position O’Rourke said “is not popular amongst all Democrats.”
“It’s clear that President Biden could be doing a better job at the border, it is not enough of a priority for his administration,” O’Rourke said.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R), who is running for reelection, has already attacked O’Rourke over immigration policy. The governor released a campaign ad earlier this month, before O’Rourke formally entered the race, criticizing him for opposing the construction of a wall along the southern border, which was championed by former President Donald Trump.
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