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O'Rourke Visits Town Targeted by 'Terrifying' ICE Raids

Associated Press

   CANTON, MISS. - Beto O'Rourke on Friday became the first Democratic
   presidential candidate to visit one of the Mississippi towns where
   federal immigration agents raided chicken processing plants and
   arrested nearly 700 people, kicking off a new phase of his campaign he
   says will focus on President Donald Trump's damaging policies.

   It was the former Texas congressman's first campaign stop since he
   suspended his White House bid for nearly two weeks to stay in his
   hometown of El Paso, where a mass shooting killed 22 people Aug. 3.

   The gunman drove more than 600 miles to open fire near the U.S.-Mexico
   border after posting an anti-immigrant screed online. O'Rourke argues
   that Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric helped inspire the attack.

   He still plans to visit Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada,
   which kick off presidential primary voting, but has now vowed also to
   travel the country to highlight the stories of some of those people
   who, in his view, have been most hurt by Trump administration policies.

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