The Democratic presidential candidates are decrying the Trump administration's tough immigration policies, saying the president is to blame for the deaths of an immigrant father and his toddler daughter found lying face-down after drowning in the Rio Grande.
At Wednesday's debate, former Obama administration housing chief Julián Castro says a photo of the family "is heartbreaking" and "should piss us all off." He also attacked fellow Texan Beto O'Rourke for not supporting fully decriminalizing the act of crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally.
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker spoke briefly in Spanish to further chastise Trump's policies, O'Rourke, a former congressman, took a question in Spanish and answered it, saying, "We are going to treat everyone with respect."
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says the economy hasn't been hurt by immigrants. He says corporations are to blame.
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