The former El Paso congressman said of those who advocated for the policy of border separation that “without accountability, you won’t have justice. Without justice you will not have rule of law in this country and without accepting that no person, no matter what office he occupies, is above the
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke said Wednesday afternoon that those who aided in separating migrant children from their families under the orders of President Donald Trump should “face consequences” for their actions.
Democratic presidential candidate former Representative Beto O’Rourke greets the crowd at the She The People Presidential Forum at Texas Southern University on April 24, 2019 in Houston, Texas. Sergio Flores/Getty Images O’Rourke was then asked to clarify who he meant should be held responsible. Anywhere “people broke the law,” he said. He did not specify if he meant border agents themselves should be penalized for separating children from their parents.
“With the eyes of the country upon us, all of you together are going to make our stand in one of the safest cities in the United States of America. Safe not because of walls but in spite of walls,” O’Rourke said. “Secure because we treat one another with dignity and respect, that’s the way we make our communities and country safe.”
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