James Talarico

They want to keep out people who mean to do us harm.

And if someone commits a violent crime, they want them deported immediately.

And those are not mutually exclusive goals.

We can and must do both.

Both parties have failed us on this issue for the last three decades.

The American people, the people of this state, are looking for leaders who are going to be pro-immigrant and pro-security.

And the point in that metaphor is that's exactly what we all do at our own homes.

Texans are hospitable.

That's what we're known for.

We're the friendly state.

We welcome anybody in who needs help or who wants to live the American dream.

But we also have a right to know who's coming into our home.

We can be hospitable while still maintaining security.

And so I think it's telling that the Republicans are cutting that quote in half because they don't want us to know that we can do both.

Yeah.

Yeah, I mean, they're accusing me of believing in progressive Christianity.

I don't believe in a progressive Christianity.

I believe in a biblical Christianity.

I want everyone to go back and read, whether you're a Christian or not, go back and read Matthew 25.

Read the parable of the sheep and the goats.