In my mind, there's no question that Donald Trump has energized the Latino community more than any other presidential candidate. Unfortunately for him, he's done that in a negative way.
Julian CastroThis president [Barack Obama] is someone who has done more to protect and keep together families with DACA and then with DAPA.
Julian CastroAt the same time, it's people that are employed - many folks - but they're still not earning enough to get into the middle class.
Julian CastroIt's going to be difficult for [Donald] Trump to overcome the deep first impression that he gave to the Latino community with his comments right out of the gate about Mexican immigrants, with his comments about Judge Curiel.
Julian CastroNow, in Texas, we believe in the rugged individual. Texas may be the one place where people actually still have bootstraps, and we expect folks to pull themselves up by them. But we also recognize there are some things we can't do alone. We have to come together and invest in opportunity today for prosperity tomorrow.
Julian Castro