Elizabeth Warren Calls For Big Immigration Changes At Arizona Rally

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At a campaign stop in Arizona, Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren called for a major overhaul of the United States’ immigration system. Warren, a Senator from Massachusetts, said immigrants make America stronger and should have an easier path to citizenship.

“We need to bring them out of the shadows,” Warren said. “We are going to end this ugliness at the border. We need to live our values and that means no more breaking families up, no more taking children from their families…While President Trump might be willing to look the other way, President Warren will not.”

Arizona, once a solid Republican state, has become more competitive for Democrats in recent years. During Warren’s rally, someone in the crowd shouted “Arizona Blue!” a reference to the push to turn the state “blue,” or Democratic.

Warren also addressed the recent spate of U.S. citizens who have been detained for questioning by Customs and Border Patrol. Warren said these people were victims of “racial profiling.”

“I asked @DHSOIG to find out how many US citizens have been detained by @CBP & @ICEgov, why, for how long, & under what conditions,” Warren wrote on Twitter. “They need to examine what procedures are in place to stop these wrongful arrests & mistaken detentions, & whether agents are using racial profiling.”