Rep. Castro warns of GOP’s adversarial rhetoric around migrants

WASHINGTON — As Republican candidates made their pitches for the White House on the debate stage Wednesday night, almost all supported responding to the situation on the border with a military response. Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley said she would send special operations into Mexico to “take out the cartels.” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said “we’re going to shoot them stone-cold dead.” Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy said he would be “smoking the terrorists on our southern border.” To U.S. Rep.

Former President Donald Trump, who hasn’t participated in any Republican primary debates this year, already pitched military action going back to 2020, the New York Times reported last month. He proposed at the time missile-striking Mexico to combat drug manufacturing. The idea never went anywhere. Castro isn’t alone in Congress in his concerns.

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