Presidential candidate Julián Castro unveiled on Tuesday a proposal to change crossing the border without legal permission a civil violation instead of a misdemeanor crime in his first major policy platform. Castro posted his detailed immigration platform on the website Medium Tuesday morning and in a news release.
“Migration should not be a criminal justice issue,” Castro said in his Medium post. “It’s time to end this draconian policy and return to treating immigration as a civil — not a criminal issue.” Castro blasted Trump immigration policies and said the next president must start by reversing his administration’s “cruel polices” and ending border wall construction.
More than just the DREAM Act, Julián Castro’s immigration platform puts ‘people first’
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