Talarico's 2019 Detention Critique Resurfaces in Texas Senate Race as $800 Million Border Spending Draws Questions
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 24
Talarico's 2019 Detention Critique Resurfaces in Texas Senate Race as $800 Million Border Spending Draws Questions
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 24
Summary
James Talarico’s 2019 remarks condemning immigration detention conditions have resurfaced as the Democrat campaigns to unseat Republicans in Texas’ Nov. 3 Senate race.
In that interview, Talarico said he would not allow family members to be held in the facilities he visited and questioned how Texas was spending nearly $1 billion a year on border security.
The renewed scrutiny cuts against his current message that he backs stronger border security, forcing him to defend a record that also includes calls to abolish ICE and criticism of Obama as "deporter-in-chief."
Talarico’s campaign says his newly released border plan would add agents, improve detection technology and support safe, secure and humane detention while prioritizing deportation of criminals.
Ken Paxton and Republican allies are using the comments to portray Talarico as weak on border enforcement in a closely watched general election after he secured the Democratic nomination.