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Watch U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar and immigrant advocate Ali Noorani discuss border crossings at The Texas Tribune Festival

Escobar is a Democrat from El Paso. Noorani is executive director of the National Immigration Forum.

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U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar and immigrant advocate Ali Noorani discuss the increase in migrant border crossings at The Texas Tribune Festival.

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Democratic U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar has represented Texas’ 16th Congressional District since 2019 and is vice chair of the Democratic Women’s Caucus. Noorani has led the National Immigration Forum, an immigrant advocacy group, since 2008 and is the host of the “Only in America” podcast.

In their Texas Tribune Festival interview, Escobar and Noorani discussed the recent increase in migrants crossing the Texas-Mexico border in an interview with Bianna Golodryga, senior global affairs analyst for CNN.

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