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In 2013, Castro Praised Obama ‘Enforcement’ on Immigration freebeacon.com/issues/in-2013…
2020 presidential candidate Julián Castro (D.) has one of the most liberal platforms in the field on immigration, but in 2013 he strongly backed Obama-era immigration policies and said the notion of "open borders" was too extreme to consider.
Castro, who drew criticism for attacking Biden's memory in the same debate, accused Biden of being unwilling to take responsibility for the deportation policies despised by liberals.
But as mayor of San Antonio, Castro lauded the Obama administration's "enforcement" of immigration law during questioning by House Judiciary Committee chairman Bob Goodlatte (R., Va.) on Feb. 5, 2013.
Castro now refers to the idea of "open borders" as a "right-wing talking point," but former Obama Homeland Security chief Jeh Johnson used that phrase in June to describe Castro's position on decriminalizing illegal border crossings.
