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Joaquin Castro: I think it is odd that every Sunday pastors across this country ask their parishioners to go down to Latin America in a…

On the recordDecember 3, 2019
I think it is odd that every Sunday pastors across this country ask their parishioners to go down to Latin America in a way that will be helpful to the people there, in a way that will help save the souls of their parishioners. Why is it that the people are good enough to be helped in Latin America, but they are not good enough sometimes to be treated as human beings here in the United States.
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Joaquin Castro
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Castro questions the disparity in treatment of Latin Americans abroad versus in the U.S.

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