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Beto O'Rourke: “El Paso, a border community, is among the safest in the Nation.”

On the recordMarch 19, 2013
El Paso, a border community, is among the safest in the Nation.
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Beto O'Rourke
Democratic · Texas

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O'Rourke highlights El Paso's safety despite border security measures.

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